in conversation with Martin Esslin (Part 1)
' Among the great actresses who will be connected imperishably with the history of dramatic art in our century - Garbo, Duse and Dietrich - is Elisabeth Bergner. To anybody who, as I did, grew up in the German-speaking world in the late 20s and 30s, the name of Bergner was a household word, a concept.'
(MARTIN ESSLIN)
In the first of two programmes Elisabeth Bergner talks to Martin Esslin , former Head of BBC Radio Drama, about the early years of her career in the theatre and cinema and her relations with many of the great names of the European theatre - among them Reinhardt and Brecht. She speaks of her close friendship with Albert Einstein and also offers a penetrating insight into her own views on the art of actingt Producer BERNARD KRICHEFSKI Preview: page 15