http://www.peren-revues.fr/coupdetheatre/812 While there have been waves of English playwriting leaving their mark on European stages (the “angry young men” of the 1960s, the In-Yer-Face writers of the 1990s), the exchange between English and Continental European theatre practice has been much rarer. English theatre only seemed to arrive on the Continent, when directors – such as Peter Brook or Declan Donnellan - turned their back on British stages and left their home country. In recent years, Katie Mitchell has become a pioneer in directing her work both in the UK and in Continental Europe. Yet, nowadays more and more British directors and companies are brought over to work in Europe, such as Robert Icke at Toneelgroep Amsterdam, and Simon McBurney and the collective Dead Centre at Schaubühne Berlin. This essay will investigate how these directors bring a new sense of Anglophone theatre to Europe, which is both influenced by contemporary Continental practices while also influencing European theatre with its distinctly “English” stage language. Numéros Crossing Borders: Anglophone Theatre in Europe Part One: Across Languages/Cultures fr jeu., 06 févr. 2025 09:24:12 +0100 mer., 08 juil. 2026 12:03:10 +0200 http://www.peren-revues.fr/coupdetheatre/812 0