Quote by Peter (Stephen Paul) Brook

Many audiences all over the world will answer positively from their own experience that they have seen the face of the invisible through an experience on the stage that transcended their experience in life. They will maintain that Oedipus or Berenice or Hamlet or The Three Sisters performed with beauty and with love fires the spirit and gives them a reminder that daily drabness is not necessarily all.

Many audiences all over the world will answer positively fro

Summary

This quote suggests that theater has the power to transport audiences beyond their ordinary lives and connect them with something greater. It claims that people from various cultures and backgrounds can testify to having witnessed the "invisible" through the transformative experience of watching plays such as Oedipus, Berenice, Hamlet, or The Three Sisters. The performance of these plays, executed with passion and a sense of aesthetic, reignites the spirit within individuals, reminding them that life is not just about mundane routines but can also contain beauty and meaning.

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