South African puppeteers win Tony Award

Cape Town's 30-year-old Handspring Puppet Company, which created the life-size and lifelike cane-and-plywood horse puppets for War Horse, was named a special Tony award winner on Tuesday.  War Horse also received a best play nomination.

Basil Jones, a co-founder of Handspring, spoke to The Associated Press soon after learning - and passing on - the news. "It was wonderful to be able to announce it on the factory floor 10 minutes ago," he said in a telephone interview.