peter_brook_-_the_empty_space

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1、PETERBROOKTheEmptySpaceATOUCHSTONEBOOKPublishedbySimon&SchusterTOUCHSTONERockefellerCenter1230AvenueoftheAmericasNewYork,NY10020Copyright©1968byPeterBrookAllrightsreserved,includingtherightofreproductioninwholeorinpartinanyform.FirstTouchstoneEdition199

2、6touchstoneandcolophonareregisteredtrademarksofSimon&SchusterInc.PortionsofthisbookwerepreviouslypublishedinTheAtlanticMonthlyManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica232527293028262422LibraryofCongresscatalogcardnumber68-12531ISBN0-684-82957-6FORMYFATHERC

3、ONTENTS1THEDEADLYTHEATREPage72THEHOLYTHEATREPage493THEROUGHTHEATREPage784THEIMMEDIATETHEATREPage120THEEMPTYSPACE191THEEMPTYSPACE1TheDeadlyTheatreIcantakeanyemptyspaceandcallitabarestage.Amanwalksacrossthisemptyspacewhilstsomeoneelseiswatchinghim,andthi

4、sisallthatisneededforanactoftheatretobeengaged.Yetwhenwetalkabouttheatrethisisnotquitewhatwemean.Redcurtains,spotlights,blankverse,laughter,darkness,theseareallconfusedlysuperimposedinamessyimagecoveredbyoneall-purposeword.Wetalkofthecinemakillingtheth

5、eatre,andinthatphrasewerefertothetheatreasitwaswhenthecinemawasborn,atheatreofboxoffice,foyer,tip-upseats,footlights,scenechanges,intervals,music,asthoughthetheatrewasbyverydefinitiontheseandlittlemore.Iwilltrytosplitthewordfourwaysanddistinguishfourdif

6、ferentmeanings—andsowilltalkaboutaDeadlyTheatre,aHolyTheatre,aRoughTheatreandanImmediateTheatre.Sometimesthesefourtheatresreallyexist,standingsidebyside,intheWestEndofLondon,orinNewYorkoffTimesSquare.Sometimestheyarehundredsofmilesapart,theHolyinWarsawa

7、ndtheRoughinPrague,andsometimestheyaremetaphoric:twoofthemmixingtogetherwithinoneevening,withinoneact.Sometimeswithinonesinglemoment,thefourof191THEEMPTYSPACEthem,Holy,Rough,ImmediateandDeadlyintertwine.TheDeadlyTheatrecanatfirstsightbetakenforgranted,

8、becauseitmeansbadtheatre.Asthisistheformoftheatreweseemostoften,andasitismostcloselylinkedtothedespised,much-attackedcommercialtheatreitmightseemawasteoftimetocriticizeitfurther.Butitisonlyifweseethatdeadlinessisdeceptiveandcanap