Spain honours veteran theatre and film director Peter Brook
The 94-year-old has been given a Princess of Asturias award.
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A Spanish foundation has awarded one of the country’s most prestigious awards to British theatre and film director Peter Brook for opening “new horizons in contemporary dramaturgy”.
The jury that awards the Princess of Asturias Awards said the 94-year-old Brook “continues to thrill in an intense way through stage plays of great purity and simplicity”.
He has been based in France for more than four decades,
The 50,000-euro award is the first of eight prizes, also including arts, social sciences and sports, handed out annually by a foundation named for Spanish Crown Princess Leonor.
