Edward Gordon Craig

Edward Gordon Craig

Craig before 1903
Craig before 1903
BornEdward Godwin
(1872-01-16)16 January 1872
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Died29 July 1966(1966-07-29) (aged 94)
Vence, France
OccupationStage designer, theatre director, theatre theorist, actor
PeriodModernism
Literary movementSymbolism
Notable worksOn The Art of the Theatre (1911)
The Mask (1908–1929)
MAT production of Hamlet (1911–1912)
Spouse
Helen Mary Gibson
(m. 1893; div. 1932)
PartnerElena Meo
Isadora Duncan
Children12
ParentsEdward Godwin
Ellen Terry

Edward Henry Gordon Craig[notes 1] CH OBE (born Edward Godwin; 16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966), sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Craig was the son of actress Dame Ellen Terry.

The Gordon Craig Theatre, built in Stevenage (the town of his birth), was named in his honour in 1975.
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