What is theater? How do you bring that little spark of life into a production? Examples and stories from Peter Brook's international work as a theater director, along with experiences from various productions, come together to create a vivid picture and provide insight into his views on theater, direction, language, and literature. "Theater must not be boring. It must not be conventional. It must be unexpected. Theater leads us to truth through surprise, through excitement, through play, through joy. It makes the past and the future parts of the present, allowing us a distance from what normally surrounds us, and overcoming the distance to what is usually far away." Peter Brook.