num_pages: 338
description: Conference of the Birds is John Heilpern's true story of an extraordinary journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and an international troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among them) left their Paris base to emerge again in the Sahara desert. It was the start of an 8,500-mile expedition through Africa without precedent in the history of theater. Brook was in search of a new beginning that has since been revealed in all his work--from Conference of the Birds and Carmen to The Mahabharata and beyond. At the heart of John Heilpern's brilliant account of the African experiment is a story that became a search for the miraculous.
language: English
title: Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa
titlecomplete: Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa
characters: Ted Hughes, Daniel Charlot, Ayansola, Elizabeth Swados, Dr. Marguerite Bagayogo, Professor Crowder, The Leader (Minitrek), John Heilpern, The Babalowo, Irina Brook, Daru Lapidu, François Marthouret, Mary-Ellen Mark, Peter Hall, Odim Boussoukou, Barbara Ann Teer, Suzanne Wenger, Miriam Goldschmidt, Bob Applegarth, Malik Bagayogo, Peter Brook, Sylvain Corthay, The Cook of Minitrek (Deirdre), Bruce Myers, Mary Evans, Monsieur Ozoom, Lou Zeldis, Godunyilwada, Simon Brook, Twins Seven-Seven, Michèle Collison, The Camp Master of Minitrek, Katsuhiro Oida, Professor Beier, The Mechanic of Minitrek, Yomi Fawole, Zuledini, Andreas Katsulas, Natasha Parry, Helen Mirren, Marva Katsulas
genres: Africa, Memoir, Theatre, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 62
publisher: Routledge