Peter Brook bids farewell to Paris theatre after 36 years
Jan 2, 2011 English 1st Paragraph
For lovers of Parisian theatre, the first days of 2011 have a slightly melancholy edge. On New Year’s Eve the hugely influential English director Peter Brook finally ended his 36-year tenure at the experimental Bouffes du Nord theatre in the French capital…
- bids farewell: says goodbye
- have a slightly melancholy edge: a rather sad quality
- hugely influential: very very important, someone who has played a very important role in a field of activity
- tenure: the right to remain permanently in a job (= continue to have a job for as long as you want)
January 4th, 2011 at 9:51 am
In the last paragraph of this article, they name Jean-Claude Carrière who adapted The Tempest of William Shakespeare for Peter Brook in 1990. He recently played in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy. He is the old man who gives the lead actor (William Shimell) some friendly advice about his relationship with the lead actress (Juliette Binoche).