MIchel Saint-Denis, Susanne Bing and Jacque Copeau...is the British Drama School really French...
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In this edition Robert discusses the deep roots of the British Drama School in the French avant garde and wonders does the modern drama school start under the dome of His Majesty's Theatre or on the left bank of Paris in the Theatre du Vieux Colombier...
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