British theatre director Peter Brook passes away
Paris: The France-based British theatre director Peter Brook, who revolutionised
the stage with radical interpretations of the classics before returning drama to its
simplest roots, has died aged 97, a source said Sunday.
Brook, born in the UK but resident in France for decades, died on Saturday, a
source close to the director, who asked not to be named, told AFP.
He also won renown for his iconic 1963 film version of the novel "Lord of the Flies"
about schoolboys who are marooned on an island and descend into savagery.
Brook rose to fame in the UK as a young director who put a radical, and sometimes
bloody, spin on classics including the works of Shakespeare, working with actors