US (play)
US was a 1966 experimental theatre play for the Royal Shakespeare Company, created by a group that included Denis Cannan, Michael Kustow, Sally Jacobs, Adrian Mitchell, Geoffrey Reeves, Albert Hunt, Michael Stott and director Peter Brook.[1]
The play deals with the moral issues relating to the Vietnam War.[2] It premiered on 13 October 1966, directed by Brook, at the Aldwych Theatre, London.[3] The cast included Glenda Jackson, Michael Williams, Clifford Rose and Patrick O'Connell.[4][5]
Benefit of the Doubt, a documentary about the making of the play, was released in 1967. Tell Me Lies, a British film based on US and directed and produced by Brook, was released in 1968.
See also
References
- ^ Michael Kustow (2006). Peter Brook: A Biography. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7913-7.
- ^ "Benefit of the Doubt (1967)". BFI. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ R. Helfer; G. Loney (12 November 2012). Peter Brook: Oxford to Orghast. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-136-65040-6. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Peter Brook Returns to the RSC". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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