Russians in Britain

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._x000D_ _x000D_ Unravelling new strands of transmission and translation linking the great Russian émigré practitioners to the second and third generation artists who responded to their ideas, Russians in Britain takes in:_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Komisarjevsky and the British theatre establishment._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Stanislavsky in the British conservatoire._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Meyerhold in the academy._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Michael Chekhov in the private studio._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and the Northern Stage Ensemble._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Katie Mitchell, Declan Donnellan and Michael Boyd._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Charting a hitherto untold story with historical and contemporary implications, these nine essays present a compelling alternative history of theatrical practice in the UK.