1 - Introduction

How did we get from the bad old days of stagey, artificial, over-the-top acting to where we are today, with performances that are subtle, authentic and true? In this episode we meet some of the main figures in the story including Stanislavsky and Jacques Copeau. We follow the diaspora out of Russia of Moscow Art Theatre players that sparks Russian fever in America. We also follow the parallel journey out of Paris that eventually landed on the shores of the UK and transformed the major conservatories.