Tell Me Lies

Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Companys productioninprogress US this longunseen agitprop dramadoc shot in London in 1967 and released only briefly in the UK and New York at the height of the Vietnam War remains both thoughtprovoking and disturbing A theatrical and cinematic social comment on US intervention in Vietnam Brooks film also reveals a 1960s London where art theatre and political protest actively collude and where a young Glenda Jackson and RSC icons such as Peggy Ashcroft and Paul Scofield feature prominently on the front line Multilayered scenarios staged by Brook combine with newsreel footage demonstrations satirical songs and skits to illustrate the intensity of antiwar opinion within Londons artistic and intellectual community