Peter Stephen Paul Brook was born in London on March 21 ... And his 1985 reworking of “The Mahabharata” brought dynastic wars and suffering onstage, only to end with another vision of paradise ...

But 30 years ago, director Peter Brook did just that. He put on what came to be known as one of the great theater events of the 20th century: The Mahabharata. It was nine hours long, and it was epic.

TO GET to Peter Brook's office, you come in off a grimy ... Malika Sarabhai in Brook's Glasgow theatre production of Indian epic The Mahabharata, in April 1988. Picture: TSPL The room itself ...

Nearly 35 years after its original debut at the Venice Film Festival, Peter Brook‘s epic film adaptation of “The Mahabharata” is returning to the Lido in a meticulously restored 8K version.

Nearly 35 years after its original debut at the Venice Film Festival, Peter Brook's epic film adaptation of "The Mahabharata" is returning to the Lido in a meticulously restored 8K version.