Main entry:

Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.

Title & Author:

Craig on theatre / edited by J. Michael Walton.

Publication:

London : Methuen, 1983.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).
1. Theatre Past. Literary Theatres (1908) -- The Perishable Theatre (1921) -- A Note on Masks (1910) -- Gentlemen, The Marionette (1912) -- Candlelight ( 1922)
2. Theatre Present and Future. Proposals Old and New (1910) -- from Rearrangements (1915) -- Theatrical Reform (1910) -- from A Production (1930) -- from An International Symposium (1904) -- Theatre and English Theatre (1924) -- from The Art of the Theatre. The Second Dialogue (1910) -- from Scene (1923) -- The Art of the Theatre: The First Dialogue (1905)
3. Actors and Acting. from Index to the Story of My Days (I957) -- from Henry Irving (I930) -- from The Artists of the Theatre of the Future (I 908) -- from A Letter to Ellen Terry (I908) -- from The Actor and the Uber-marionette (1907) -- from A Durable Theatre (1921) -- Stanislavsky's System (1937) -- from To Feel or Not to Feel (1924) -- from The Art of the Theatre. The Second Dialogue (1910) -- from Thoroughness in the Theatre (1911) -- On Learning Magic (1921) -- from A Letter to Ellen Terry (1917)
4. Stage Visions. Enter the Army -- The Arrival -- The Steps I -- The Steps II -- The Steps III -- The Steps IV -- Study for Movement -- A Study for Movement -- A Palace, a Slum and a Stairway -- from The Old School of Acting (1915) -- from Scene (1923) -- from The Thousand Scenes in One Scene (1915)
5. Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Collaborators (1913) -- from Index to the Story of My Days (1957) -- Shakespeare's Plays (1908) -- from Index to the Story of My Days (1957) -- On 'The Tempest' (1924) -- from The Artists of the Theatre of the Future (1907) -- On the Ghosts in the Tragedies of Shakespeare (1908) -- Two Letters on 'Macbeth' (1929) -- from Foreword to The Theatre Advancing (1921) -- from Index to the Story of My Days (1957)
Last Words -- Conclusion from Foreword to The Theatre Advancing (1921) -- Appendix: list of Craig's productions.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Presents the essence of Edward Gordon Craig's ideas.This selection, accompanied by Craig's own drawings and designs includes key sections from his most influential book On the Art of the Theatre, as well as essays from his own theatre journal, The Mask.

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ISBN:

041349540X
9780413495402
0413472205 (pbk.)
9780413472205 (pbk.)

Subject:

Theater.
Théâtre.
theater (discipline)
Aufsatzsammlung
Theatre

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Informational works
Documents d'information.

Added entries:

Walton, J. Michael, 1939-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 125510
Call No.: PO6196; ID:85-B21669
Status: Available