How to Stage the Classics

“My wife... will never buy anything without looking at the date on the package, which says ‘to be eaten before this date.’ If a classic is something from the past, to be honored because it’s from the past, it’s like eating a canned fish or something beyond the stop date. And the only way that a classic should be staged is because you’ve discovered, or you believe, that it is still alive.” -- Peter Brook
PLUS:A look at the legendary director in action, “an artist who has become really himself through his work”--