I Europe Theatre Prize
ARIANE MNOUCHKINE AND THE THÉÂTRE DU SOLEIL

Reason for Award
The Jury, unanimously decided to award the 1987 Europe Theatre Prize to the Théâtre du Soleil directed by Ariane Mnouchkine, for having directed and realized on solid foundations an effective contribution to the renewal of theatre language and to the proposal for a new approach to the profession of the actor.
The Prize consists in a sum of 60,000 ECU and in an original sculpture of Pietro Consagra.

Special Prize of Presidency
MELINA MERCOURI

Reason for Award
Melina Mercouri has given so much to European Theatre.
For the devotion and the commitment of an artist who joins her own theatrical experience with the political belief and the ideal of European culture.