Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art

Name: Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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This new biography explores the extraordinary life of Edith Craig (1869-1947), her prolific work in the theatre and her political endeavours for women's suffrage and socialism. At London's Lyceum Theatre in its heyday she worked alongside her mother, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Bram Stoker, and gained valuable experience. She was a key figure in creating innovative art theatre work. As director and founder of the Pioneer Players in 1911 she supported the production of women's suffrage drama, becoming a pioneer of theatre aimed at social reform. In 1915 she assumed a leading role with the Pioneer Players in bringing international art theatre to Britain and introducing London audiences to expressionist and feminist drama from Nikolai Evreinov to Susan Glaspell. She captured the imagination of Virginia Woolf, inspiring the portrait of Miss LaTrobe in her 1941 novel Between the Acts, and influenced a generation of actors, such as Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans. Frequently eclipsed in accounts of theatrical endeavour by her younger brother, Edward Gordon Craig, Edith Craig's contribution both to theatre and to the women's suffrage movement receives timely reappraisal in Katharine Cockin's meticulously researched and wide-ranging biography, released for the seventieth anniversary of Craig's death.

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 330
Release Date:: 2017-01-26
Publication Date:: 2017-01-26
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1472570626
ISBN13:: 9781472570628
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 548 g
Height:: 145 cm
Width:: 222 cm
Thickness:: 21 cm

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