Bookmark | A Visit from Vanya (1987)

Bookmark is a BBC documentary series about literature, and in particular the lives of authors, broadcast on BBC Two from 1983 to 1999.

Coverage of the director of the Moscow Arts Theatre, Oleg Efremov's, masterclasses made especially for the British American Drama Academy, during his visit to Oxford. Students, actors and directors from the RSC at Stratford watch how Efremov translates the text of Uncle Vanya into performance. Theatre and film director, David Jones, identifies how much we can still learn from the Moscow theatre.

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