From Komisarjevsky in the 1920s; to Cheek by Jowlrsquo;s Russian lsquo;sister companyrsquo; almost a century later; Russian actor training has had a unique influence on modern British theatre. Russians in Britain; edited by Jonathan Pitches; is the first work of its type to identify a relationship between both countriesrsquo; theatrical traditions as continuous as it is complex.Unravelling new strands of transmission and translation linking the great Russian eacute;migreacute; practitioners to the second and third generation artists who responded to their ideas; Russians in Britain takes in:Komisarjevsky and the British theatre establishment.Stanislavsky in the British conservatoire.Meyerhold in the academy.Michael Chekhov in the private studio.Littlewoodrsquo;s Theatre Workshop and the Northern Stage Ensemble.Katie Mitchell; Declan Donnellan and Michael Boyd.Charting a hitherto untold story with historical and contemporary implications; these nine essays present a compelling alternative history of theatrical practice in the UK.
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