First published in 1968, The Empty Space is a timeless analysis of theatre, from perhaps the most influential director of the twentieth century.\ In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance. Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht’s revolutionary...