The Man Who: A Theatrical Research

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Using Oliver Sacks' neurological study "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" as its inspirartion, "The Man Who" offers a series of doctor/patient scenarios that examine our attempts to understand the workings of the brain. In turn, these case studies become Brook's starting point in his search for a new theatre form.

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"Peter Brook is not only one of the truly outstanding directors of our time, he is also, undoubtedly, the only one whose skill as a writer equals his genius as a practitioner of the theatre" --Martin Esslin, Producer, Playwright

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Peter Brook was a former co-director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and headed up the International Centre of Theatre Research in Paris. He directed more than 50 productions and a film version of The Lord of the Flies. He was also the author of Threads of Time, There Are No Secrets, The Empty Space and The Shifting Point.