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EUROPE
THEATRE PRIZE TO
GIORGIO STREHLER
THIRD EDITION
The
work of Giorgio Strehler, to whom the 1990 Europe
Prize for the Theatre has been unanimously awarded
by the Jury, is a cornerstone in the construction
of post - war European Theatre. He has worked not
only as a director, but also as manager, guiding light,
actor, writer, translator, teacher, and advocate of
an all - embracing " theatrical idea " rooted
in the fabric of society and politics, which has had
an impact throughout European theatrical culture.
Various aspects of his personality converge in his
constant and single-minded attempt to build the structures
necessary for a European theatre intended as a comunal
workshop of new ventures and experiences. Starting
in the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, this determination
eventually flowered into the foundation of the first
really European theatrical organism, the Théâtre
de l' Europe, which Strehler was called to direct.
Today Strehler' s activities have expanded to even
greater dimensions in the context of the transformation
which our continent has undergone, and which the theatre
has done so much to promote.
