British RSC director wins Princess of Asturias Arts Award
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 9:59 AM
BRITISH stage director Peter Brook has won the 2019 Princess of Asturias Arts Award in recognition of his 'highly-attractive and social mises en scène' and for being 'one of the greatest renovators of the performing arts'.
London-born Brook, 94, was director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Opera House in the mid-20th century before moving to Paris and founding an international experimental theatre and creation group.
Brook is still director of the Centre International de Créations Théâtrales (CICT) to this day.
He is considered to be the 'king of experimental theatre', not just in London, but worldwide.
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