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Peter Brook's 'ghastly prospect'

Last Modified: 07 Sep 2008
By: Nicholas Glass

The respected theatre director gives Nicholas Glass his frank assessment of London's plan to stage a 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

At 83, Peter Brook is a hugely influential and revered figure. He has brought a cycle of short Beckett plays to the Young Vic in London. Samuel Beckett was a friend.

In 1968, he published the Empty Space - his thoughts on theatre. In 1970, he famously left for Paris to form an international company based there and tour the world. He has been lauded with honours. - most recently something called the Ibsen Prize in Oslo.

But there's been no approach from the organisers of the so-called Cultural Olympiad, leading up to 2012 Games in London.

Watch the interview in full, all thirty minutes, here.