TimesTalks Peter Brook, King of all Media Director

British  born (1925) Director Peter Brook has won numerous illustrious awards for the Arts.  He has been awarded Tonys, Emmy, Int'l Emmy and Int'l Honors: Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Ibsen Award '08 & Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts.  Brook has directed stage, film, opera & television and authored several books.  He directed Olivier, Gielgud in Shakespeare productions and recently directed Midsummer's Night Dream with Ben Kingsle & Patrick Stewart.  His 1963 Lord of the Flies film is legendary as King Lear with Paul Scofield.  He directed The Suit ('13) at BAM.  Brook's works & awards are behemoth & legendary.  It was a rare honor & a delight to have him as the guest speaker.  Sadly, the moderator Dan Wakin, of the NYTimes failed to facilitate an introspective dialogue with Mr. Brook.  Brook was charming, candid, quick witted with no tolerance for fools, which included Wakin & members of the audience.  The Q&A from people were pitifully abject or shamelessly self-promoting.  Clips from the doc. film on Brook's directing technique made by his son, Simon Brook, were presented.  Simon shared the stage with his father and their kinship was heartwarming.  Brook said that joy is essential for actors as the link between imagination & the body itself.  This TimesTalk was a rare & precious opportunity for garnering incisive wisdom from a living legend.  "Director is a wretched word, I prefer guide," sad Brook.  Sadly, valuable time was wasted with wretched questions.