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EDWARD GORDON CRAIG ContemporaryTheatre Studies AseriesofbookseditedbyFrancChamberlain,NeneCollege,Northampton,UK Volume 1 Volume 9 Playing the Market: Ten Years of Prince Tandi of Cumba or The New the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, Menoza, byJ. M. R. Lenz 1976-1986 Translated and edited by David Hill AnneFuchs and Michael Butler, and astage adaptation by Theresa Heskins Volume 2 Theandric: Julian Beck's Last Volume 10 Notebooks The Plays ofErnst Toller: Edited by Erica BUder, A Revaluation with notes byJudith Malina Cecil Davies Volume 3 Volume 11 Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre: Edward Bond Letters: Volume 2 A Documentary Record Selected and edited by Ian Stuart Edited by Susan Bassnett Volume 12 and Jennifer Lorch Theatre and Change in South Africa Volume 4 Edited by Geoffrey V. Davis Who Calls the Shots on the and AnneFuchs New York Stages? 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Four Plays: Wild Volume 16 Grass, Mary Maginn, It's All Blarney, Art into Theatre: Performance Comrade Brennan Interviews and Documents Seamus Finnegan Nick Kaye Please see the back of this book for other titles in the ContemporaryTheatre Studies series EDWARD GORDON CRAIG A VISION OF THEATRE Christopher Innes York University, Ontario, Canada I~ ~~o~1~;n~~~up LONDONANDNEWYORK Copyright © 1998 TheTaylor&Francis Publishing Group. Reprinted 2004 ByRoutledge 2ParkSquare, MiltonPark Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge isan imprintofthe Taylor & Francis Group TransferredtoDigitalPrinting2010 All rights reserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Everyefforthasbeenmade to trace the ownershipofall copyrightedmaterial in thisbook. Intheeventofanyquestionsabouttheuse ofanymaterial,theauthor, while expressing regret for any inadvertent error, will be happy to make the necessary acknowledgmentin future printings. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Innes, C. D. (ChristopherD.) Edward Gordon Craig: a vision of theatre. - 2nd ed. (Contemporary theatre studies; v. 28) 1. Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966- Criticism and interpretation I. Title 792'.092 ISBN 90-5702-125-0 ISBN90-5702-124-2 Cover illustration: "Wretched Lovers," Acis and Galatea. Courtesy of the British Library. Title page photograph: Gordon Craig with his modelstage, Moscow, 1910. Publisher's Note Thepublisherhasgonetogreatlengthstoensurethequalityofthisreprint butpointsoutthatsomeimperfectionsintheoriginalmaybeapparent. CONTENTS Introduction to the Series vii List ofIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Prologue: The argument 1 2. Scene changes: Victorian theater, an acting 11 career, and points of departure 3. A rising action: Design and movement 37 4. Problem drama: Texts and performers 71 5. A play of ideas: Principles, theory, and an Obermarionette 101 6. Toward a new theater: Masques, screens, and a Hamlet 129 7. The theater of the future: Scene, puppets, 175 and a religious festival 8. Final bow: A school and the printed word 205 9. Curtain call: Craig's vision and contemporary theater 215 10. Programme notes: Craig on theater 223 Edward Gordon Craig, 1872-1966: A theatrical chronology 309 Notes 315 Select Bibliography 333 Index 335 This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES ContemporaryTheatre Studies is a bookseriesofspecialinteresttoeveryone involved in theatre. It consists of monographs on influential figures, studies of movements and ideas in theatre, as well as primary material consisting of theatre-related documents, performing editions of plays in English, and English translations of plays from various vital theatre traditions worldwide. Franc Chamberlain This page intentionally left blank LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Gordon Craig with his model stage, Moscow, 1910. iii Gordon Craig with a marionette, Florence, 1914. xii Letterhead for the Gordon Craig Company, 1894. 18 Craig as Hamlet, 1897. 19 Scene drawings (by B. Partridge) of Irving's 1888 Macbeth, with Craig's commentary. 21 and 23 Godwin's production of Helena in Troas, 1886. 29 Herkomer's "moon-mechanism." 32 Herkomer's adjustable proscenium. 34 Stage plan for Dido and Aeneas, act I, Hampstead Conservatoire, 1900. 40 A Witch, Dido and Aeneas. 42 Diagrams of scenery and lighting systems for Dido and Aeneas. 45 A Mourner, Dido and Aeneas. 47 Blocking diagrams for Dido and Aeneas, act 2, scene 1. 48 Costume designs for Dido and Aeneas. 51 "Wretched Lovers," Acis and Galatea. 53 "The Shadow," Acis and Galatea. 54 Stage plan for Acis and Galatea, act 1. 56 The chorus, Acis and Galatea, act 1, Great Queen St. Theater, 1902. 57 Stylizationfor Acis and Galatea 58 Costume designs for The Masque ofLove. 60-61 "Behold, oh mightiest of gods," The Masque ofLove. 65 Blocking diagram for "Behold, oh mightiest of gods," The Masque ofLove, Coronet Theater, 1901. 68 Ballet choreography from Moynet's Trucs et Decors. 69 The shepherds, Bethlehem. 73 Notes for the procession of the kings, Bethlehem. 74-75 Stage plan for Bethlehem, The Imperial Institute, 1902. 80 Laurence Housman's cartoon of Craig. 82 Stage layouts for The Vikings, Imperial Theater, 1903. 84-85 Costume design for The Vikings. 88 Set design for The Vikings, act 2. 89 The Vikings, act 1. 92 The Vikings, act 4. 95
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