Foreign Parts: German and Austrian Actors on the British Stage 1933-1960

by Richard Dove

Book Overview

Foreign Parts offers a case study in Anglo-German relations in the theatre. How British was the British theatre during and after the Second World War? This book tells the unique story of five German-speaking actors who, after arriving as refugees from Nazi Germany, made the transition to the British stage in a period of heightened nationalism before and during World War II. While the emotional intensity of their performances won the applause of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781884749
• ISBN13: 9781781884744
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Legenda
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"