Author:
Peter Brook (b.1925), English theatre and film director [ Howard Richardson and William Berney ]
Publication details:
Hart Stenographic Bureau, 156 West 44th St, New York 18. Undated [ circa 1945 ]. In manuscript on first page: 'The property of The Company of Four [ Tennent Productions ], Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, W.6.' [ For 1949 production. ]
Brook's 1949 production of 'Dark of the Moon' was praised by the critics, and favourably compared with a rival production of 'Oaklahoma!' 'I'm not sure', Brook wrote, 'whether it's a good thing to be original in the theatre. The critics slated my Romeo and Juliet for being too original, but they applaud the quality in Dark of the Moon.' J. C. Trewin, in his 1971 biography of Brook, states that the play had attracted Brook's attention 'when he saw pictures in an American magazine and observed with rapture that there were witches in the cast.
