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Book SynopsisThis 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 the actor Martin Miller, the writer Bruno Adler and the journalist Edmund Wolf. Miller also made a career in the English theatre transcending the barrier of language, as did the actor Gerhard Hinze, whose transition to the English stage is an instructive example of adaptation to a new theatre culture. In film, language problems were mitigated by the technical possibilities of the medium, although stars like Anton Walbrook received coaching in English. Certainly, technicians from Central Europe, like the cameraman Wolf Suschitzky, helped establish the character of British film in the 1950s and 1960s. In dance theatre, language played little role, facilitating the influence in Britain of dance practitioners like Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. Finally, evaluating the reverse influence of émigrés on Germany, two essays discuss Erich Fried’s translations of Shakespeare and Peter Zadek’s early theatre career in Germany.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Radio Charmian Brinson: The Go-Between. Martin Miller’s Career in Broadcasting Jennifer Taylor: Is there Life after Kurt und Willi? Bruno Adler’s anti-Soviet Radio Series Zwei Genossen Ursula Seeber und Barbara Weidle: ‘England but not mine.’ Großbritannien im journalistischen Schaffen von Edmund Wolf Theatre Richard Dove: Gerhard Hinze or Gerard Heinz? A Life in two Acts Marian Malet: Litz Pisk, Dance and Theatre Manya Elrick: ‘Möglichst nah am Original.’ Erich Fried, Poet, Translator and would-be Performer Anna Nyburg: Margarete Berger Hamerschlag and the Theatre. Vienna, Rome, London Günther Rühle: Vom Englischen ins Deutsche. Peter Zadeks Weg ins deutsche Theater Anthony Grenville: Lutz Weltmann, Theatre Critic and Cultural Mediator in the AJR Information Dance Thomas Kampe: The Choreographer Hilde Holger. Between Three Worlds Clare Lidbury: Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. Refugees, Battle and Aftermath Film Christian Cargnelli: ‘Just part of my Continental charm.’ Anton Walbrooks Filmkarriere im britischen Exil Brigitte Mayr and Michael Omasta: A Lucky Man. Wolf Suschitzky – Photographer and Cameraman Obituary Wilfried Weinke: ‘...den Menschen und den Sachen auf den Grund zu kommen.’ Zu Leben und Werk von Jens Brüning Contributors Index
