27 min

18 - The French Connection Part 1 Gurus: The Story of Acting from Stanislavsky to Succession

    • Performing Arts

This episode begins the story of Jacques Copeau, his lover and collaborator, Suzanne Bing, and his nephew, Michel Saint-Denis. Around the same time that the First Studio was being formed within the MAT, in Paris, Copeau is launching his new company, the Vieux-Colombier. After an incredibly successful start, the progress of the Vieux-Colombier is interrupted by the onset of WWI. Copeau relocates to America for the duration and mounts a season of plays in New York. Meanwhile, Suzanne Bing is inventing theatre games with children at a Montessori school.


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This episode begins the story of Jacques Copeau, his lover and collaborator, Suzanne Bing, and his nephew, Michel Saint-Denis. Around the same time that the First Studio was being formed within the MAT, in Paris, Copeau is launching his new company, the Vieux-Colombier. After an incredibly successful start, the progress of the Vieux-Colombier is interrupted by the onset of WWI. Copeau relocates to America for the duration and mounts a season of plays in New York. Meanwhile, Suzanne Bing is inventing theatre games with children at a Montessori school.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storyofacting/message

27 min