Hardback received massive critical acclaim This is the only definitive Peter Brook biography Published the day before Peter Brook's 81st birthday
Michael Kustow has been working at the leading edge of innovation in theatre, performing arts, film and television for four decades, working at the RSC, the ICA and the National Theatre, and for eight years as Channel 4's first Commissioning Editor for Arts.
'Indispensable ... I defy anyone to read the book and not come away thinking better of the theatre, its scope, its passion, its contribution' Simon Callow, Guardian 'Kustow has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Brook's work: he has seen everything, read everything, met everybody' Sunday Times 'The great man, who is impatient with criticism and critics, will have no quarrel with Kustow's sympathetic and comprehensive celebration of a remarkable life in the theatre. It provides what the critics will require - an accurate picture of what Brook has done and said' Economist 'Kustow offers a balanced, authoritative assessment of Brook's career over sixty years ... The biography concentrates on Brook's work. Kustow expertly shows how Brook's critical writings fed into his productions' Independent
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