Front Cover; Russians in Britain; Copyirght Page; Contents; List of figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the mechanics of tradition making; 1. A tradition in transition: Komisarjevsky's seduction of the British theatre: Jonathan Pitches; 2. Stanislavsky's passage into the British conservatoire: David Shirley; 3. Michael Chekhov and the Studio in Dartington: the remembering of a tradition: Jerri Daboo; 4. Riding the waves: uncovering biomechanics in Britain: Amy Skinner; 5. 'Who is Skivvy?': the Russian influence on Theatre Workshop: Robert Leach
6. Shared Utopias?: Alan Lyddiard, Lev Dodin and the Northern Stage Ensemble: Duška Radosavljević7. Re-visioned directions: Stanislavsky in the twenty-first century: Bella Merlin and Katya Kamotskaia; Conclusion: a common theatre history? The Russian tradition in Britain today: Declan Donnellan, Katie Mitchell and Michael Boyd: Jonathan Pitches; Index
Summary
From Komisarjevsky in the 1920s, to Cheek by Jowl's Russian 'sister company' 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 countries' theatrical traditions as continuous as it is complex. Unravelling new strands of transmission and translation linking the great Russian emigre practitioners to the second and third generation artists who responded to their ideas, Russians in Britain takes in: Komisarjevsky and the British th
