Peter Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway in 1965. He also directed films such as an iconic version of Lord of the Flies in 1963.

Brook was based in France from the early 1970s, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries,...