Step 1: Idea of the question:
We have to sort four theatre makers by when they lived. The simplest method is to link each one with a well known date or movement and then sort the years.
Step 2: Link each name with a movement.
Stanislavsky belongs to the late 1800s and early 1900s, the time of the Moscow Art Theatre (founded 1898), and he was born in 1863.
Meyerhold was Stanislavsky's pupil and then went his own way in the 1900s and 1920s with biomechanics. He was born in 1874, so he is younger than his teacher.
Brecht is linked to the 1920s to 1950s and epic theatre. He was born in 1898.
Brook is a later figure of the 1960s and after, with 'The Empty Space' (1968). He was born in 1925.
Step 3: Sort the years.
\[ 1863 < 1874 < 1898 < 1925 \]
This gives A, D, B, C.
Step 4: Match with the given options.
Only the first option reads (A), (D), (B), (C). The second option swaps D and B. The third option starts with Brecht, which cannot be true as Stanislavsky is older. The fourth option starts with Brook, the youngest, and ends with Stanislavsky, the oldest, so the order is reversed.
Final Answer:
Sorting by birth year gives Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Brecht, Brook. This is option 1.
\[ \boxed{\text{Option 1}} \]