German-speaking exiles in the performing arts in Britain after 1933 / edited by Charmian Brinson and Richard Dove.

This volume focuses on the contribution of German-speaking refugees from Nazism to the performing arts in Britain, evaluating their role in broadcasting, theatre, film and dance from 1933 to the present. It contains essays evaluating the role of refugee artists in the BBC German Service, including t...

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Superior document:The yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies ; 14
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies ; 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
Notes:Papers from a conference on 'German-speaking Exiles in the Performing Arts in Britain, ' held by the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies in London in September 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The Go-Between. Martin Miller’s Career in Broadcasting / Charmian Brinson
  • Is there Life after Kurt und Willi? Bruno Adler’s anti-Soviet Radio Series Zwei Genossen / Jennifer Taylor
  • ‘England but not mine.’ Großbritannien im journalistischen Schaffen von Edmund Wolf / Ursula Seeber and Barbara Weidle
  • Gerhard Hinze or Gerard Heinz? A Life in two Acts / Richard Dove
  • Litz Pisk, Dance and Theatre / Marian Malet
  • ‘Möglichst nah am Original.’ Erich Fried, Poet, Translator and would-be Performer / Manya Elrick
  • Margarete Berger Hamerschlag and the Theatre. Vienna, Rome, London / Anna Nyburg
  • Vom Englischen ins Deutsche. Peter Zadeks Weg ins deutsche Theater / Günther Rühle
  • Lutz Weltmann, Theatre Critic and Cultural Mediator in the AJR Information / Anthony Grenville
  • The Choreographer Hilde Holger. Between Three Worlds / Thomas Kampe
  • Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. Refugees, Battle and Aftermath / Clare Lidbury
  • ‘Just part of my Continental charm.’ Anton Walbrooks Filmkarriere im britischen Exil / Christian Cargnelli
  • A Lucky Man. Wolf Suschitzky – Photographer and Cameraman / Brigitte Mayr and Michael Omasta
  • ‘...den Menschen und den Sachen auf den Grund zu kommen.’ Zu Leben und Werk von Jens Brüning / Wilfried Weinke
  • Contributors
  • Index.