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

Richard Dove

Germanic Literatures 15

Legenda

29 September 2017  •  202pp

ISBN: 978-1-781884-73-7 (hardback)  •  RRP £80, $110, €95

ISBN: 978-1-781884-74-4 (paperback, 23 April 2019)  •  RRP £10.99, $14.99, €13.49

ISBN: 978-1-781884-75-1 (JSTOR ebook)

Access online: Books@JSTOR

ModernGermanDramastudent-priced


In addition to its original library hardback edition, this title is now on sale in the new student-priced Legenda paperback range.


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 audiences and the approval of critics, their success also depended on the support of British theatre personalities – from Alec Clunes and Tyrone Guthrie to actors Sybil Thorndike and John Gielgud. The book also recounts their role in British propaganda broadcasts to Germany, including Martin Miller’s satirical impersonation of his fellow-Austrian Adolf Hitler and Lucie Mannheim’s anti-Nazi version of the popular hit ‘Lilli Marlene’.

Richard Dove is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Greenwich and the author of various books on German-speaking exile in Britain.

Reviews:

  • ‘Readers with high expectations will not be disappointed by Foreign Parts. It is a fascinating presentation of the careers of five actors who, forced to leave Germany and Austria by Hitler, set about plying their trade on the stage in Britain... Dove’s account of the actors’ careers in pre-war and wartime Britain is exemplary.’ — Anthony Grenville, AJR Journal 2018
  • ‘The stories that unfold are engaging when viewed as biographies, because of the different challenges and problems each of the actors had to confront. Their different treatment when Britain decided to intern ‘enemy aliens’ reflects the chaotic and sometimes extreme nature of wartime bureaucracy, and their choices after the war are fascinating, with only Mannheim choosing to return to Germany.’ — David Barnett, Modern Language Review 114.2, April 2019, 411-12 (full text online)

Contents:

ix-ix

Acknowledgements
R.D.
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.3

Cite
x-x

Abbreviations
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.4

Cite
xi-xii

List of Illustrations
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.5

Cite
3-6

Chapter 1 Setting the Scene
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.6

Cite
9-13

Chapter 2 ‘Dressed Up and in Good Company’: the London Theatre in the 1930s
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.7

Cite
14-20

Chapter 3 Weimar — Before and After: the German Stage in the 1920s and 1930s
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.8

Cite
23-31

Chapter 4 Playing the Diva: Lucie Mannheim in London
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.9

Cite
32-37

Chapter 5 Exit Stage Left: Gerhard Hinze in the Soviet Union
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.10

Cite
38-42

Chapter 6 ‘Restlessly Waiting Close To the Frontier’: Friedrich Valk in Prague
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.11

Cite
43-48

Chapter 7 ‘the Great Tragedienne’: Lilly Kann
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.12

Cite
49-52

Chapter 8 Changing Countries: the Austrian Actor Martin Miller
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.13

Cite
55-60

Chapter 9 Theatre in Britain During the Second World War
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.14

Cite
61-71

Chapter 10 ‘A Particularly Honourable and Decent Character’: Gerhard Hinze
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.15

Cite
72-87

Chapter 11 Shylock On Tour: Frederick Valk
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.16

Cite
88-97

Chapter 12 ‘the Führer Speaks’: Martin Miller
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.17

Cite
98-106

Chapter 13 ‘An Actress of Distinction and Repute’: Lilly Kann
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.18

Cite
109-116

Chapter 14 Calling Germany: Lucie Mannheim at the Bbc
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.19

Cite
119-122

Chapter 15 Post-War Developments in British Theatre and Film
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.20

Cite
123-132

Chapter 16 Gerhard Hinze: Alias Gerard Heinz
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.21

Cite
133-142

Chapter 17 Frederick Valk: ‘the Best Actor in England’
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.22

Cite
143-155

Chapter 18 Martin Miller: A Man of Many Faces
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.23

Cite
156-164

Chapter 19 Lilly Kann: ‘Lilly Is Superb’
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.24

Cite
165-172

Chapter 20 Lucie Mannheim: the Long Homecoming
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.25

Cite
175-180

Chapter 21 Final Curtain
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.26

Cite
181-183

Bibliography
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.27

Cite
184-187

Index of Names
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.28

Cite
188-190

INDEX OF PLAYS
Richard Dove
doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km0zf.29

Cite

Bibliography entry:

Dove, Richard, Foreign Parts: German and Austrian Actors on the British Stage 1933-1960, Germanic Literatures, 15 (Legenda, 2017)

First footnote reference: 35 Richard Dove, Foreign Parts: German and Austrian Actors on the British Stage 1933-1960, Germanic Literatures, 15 (Legenda, 2017), p. 21.

Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Dove, p. 47.

(To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)

Bibliography entry:

Dove, Richard. 2017. Foreign Parts: German and Austrian Actors on the British Stage 1933-1960, Germanic Literatures, 15 (Legenda)

Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Dove 2017: 21).

Example footnote reference: 35 Dove 2017: 21.

(To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)


This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more.


Permanent link to this title: