Visionary British theatre director Peter Brook dies aged 97

FILE PHOTO: British director Peter Brook receives the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award for Arts from Spain's Princess Leonor, during a ceremony at Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Spain October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

LONDON (Reuters) - Peter Brook, one of the world's most innovative theatre directors who perfected the art of staging powerful drama in bizarre venues, has died aged 97, his publisher said on Sunday.

The British director used the world as his stage mounting productions ranging from challenging versions of Shakespeare through international opera to Hindu epic poems.