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Line 28: '''Peter Stephen Paul Brook'''<ref name=britannica>{{cite encyclopedia \|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica \|title=Peter Brook \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Brook \|access-date= \|language=en \|edition=online \|date=17 March 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318202834/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Brook \|archive-date=18 March 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CH\|CBE}} (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], from 1947 at the [[Royal Opera House]], and from 1962 for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' by [[Peter Weiss]], which was transferred to [[Broadway theatre\|Broadway]] in 1965 and won the [[Tony Award for Best Play]], and Brook was named [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play\|Best Director]]. He also directed films such as an iconic version of ''[[Lord of the Flies (1963 film)\|Lord of the Flies]]'' in 1963. HeBrook was based in France from the early 1970s, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director".<ref name=Independent>{{cite news \|last1=Taylor \|first1=Paul \|title=Peter Brook: The director who wrote the book \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/peter-brook-the-director-who-wrote-the-book-919192.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/peter-brook-the-director-who-wrote-the-book-919192.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|access-date=20 July 2015 \|work=[[The Independent]] \|date=5 September 2008}}</ref> He won multiple [[Emmy Awards]], a [[Laurence Olivier Award]], the Japanese [[Praemium Imperiale]], the [[Prix Italia]] and the [[Europe Theatre Prize]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=II Edizione \|url=https://www.premioeuropa.org/ii-edizione/ \|access-date=2022-12-18 \|website=Premio Europa per il Teatro \|language=it-IT}}</ref> In 2021, he was awarded India's [[Padma Shri]]. ==Early life==

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