Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
27 used & new from £10.19

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
Conference of the Birds (A theatre arts book)
 
 

Conference of the Birds (A theatre arts book) (Paperback)

by John Heilpern (Author) "The first stranger I saw in Africa, or thought I saw, was blind ..." (more)
No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £17.09 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £0.90 (5%)
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, October 14? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details

27 used & new available from £10.19
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 10 used & new from £5.00
Paperback (2Rev Ed) 11 used & new from £1.58
Unknown Binding (Import) Order it used
 
   

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with The Conference of the Birds (Classics) by Farid al-Din Attar

Conference of the Birds (A theatre arts book) + The Conference of the Birds (Classics)
Price For Both: £24.08

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Empty Space (Penguin Literary Criticism)

The Empty Space (Penguin Literary Criticism) by Peter Brook

5.0 out of 5 stars (3) 
There Are No Secrets: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre (Biography and Autobiography)

There Are No Secrets: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre (Biography and Autobiography) by Peter Brook

4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £8.09
Threads of Time: A Memoir (Biography and Autobiography)

Threads of Time: A Memoir (Biography and Autobiography) by Peter Brook

£12.99
The Conference of the Birds (Classics)

The Conference of the Birds (Classics) by Farid al-Din Attar

5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £6.99
Towards a Poor Theatre (Eyre Methuen Drama Books) (Performance Books)

Towards a Poor Theatre (Eyre Methuen Drama Books) (Performance Books) by Jerzy Grotowski

5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £12.99
Explore similar items : Books (16) DVD (1)

Product details


Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
National Theatre Bookshop
www.NationalTheatre.org.uk/bookshop    Britain's specialist theatre bookshop. Buy online or in person. 
Custom Conference Books
www.bookfactory.com    High quality bound books made to your specifications - fast 
Conference Productions
www.advantaproductions.com    For all your conference and Event Management Services visit 
  

Product Description

Review
In 1972, theater maverick Peter Brook climbed into a Land Rover and led an international band of actors and assorted helpers (including composer Elizabeth Swados and journalist Heilpern) through West Africa - developing mime-and-music theater pieces along the way, performing on a piece of carpet in marketplaces from Algeria to Dahomey. Why? To find, in non-industrialized societies, a friendly milieu for Brook's famous "empty space": theater reduced to its elemental, mythic, Zen-ish basics. This "journey in search of the miraculous" was less than a triumph, as Heilpern candidly reveals in his slightly precious but refreshingly double-edged account. The natives were rarely bowled over by The Shoe Show, The Bread Show, The Walking Show ("This consisted of actors walking") - scenarios by Heilpern and Brook fleshed out with improvisations and Swados' stick-and-rattle music. In fact, the most exciting