Edward Gordon Craig – författare

Craig on Theatre 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.An inspiration to such diverse practitioners as Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Meyerhold, Artaud and Brecht, this book offers an invaluable introduction to Craig and a unique compendium of his most significant writings.This volume is a companion to the Methuen titles Artaud on Theatre, Brecht on Theatre and Meyerhold on Theatre.

First published in 1911, On the Art of the Theatre remains one of the seminal texts of theatre theory and practice.Actor, director, designer and pioneering theorist, Edward Gordon Craig was one of twentieth century theatre’s great modernisers. Here, he is eloquent and entertaining in expounding his views on the theatre; a crucial and prescient contribution that retains its relevance almost a century later.This reissue contains a wealth of new features:a specially written Introduction and notes from editor Franc Chamberlainan updated bibliography further reading.Controversial and original, On the Art of the Theatre stands as one of the most influential books on theatre of the twentieth century.

First published in 1911, On the Art of the Theatre remains one of the seminal texts of theatre theory and practice.Actor, director, designer and pioneering theorist, Edward Gordon Craig was one of twentieth century theatre’s great modernisers. Here, he is eloquent and entertaining in expounding his views on the theatre; a crucial and prescient contribution that retains its relevance almost a century later.This reissue contains a wealth of new features:a specially written Introduction and notes from editor Franc Chamberlainan updated bibliography further reading.Controversial and original, On the Art of the Theatre stands as one of the most influential books on theatre of the twentieth century.

Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) was the most brilliant and influential stage designer this century. Always a controversial figure, he set out to revolutionise the theatre by creating a new art, the art of the theatre. Almost single-handed he formulated the principles on which a modern approach to stage design would be based. In his writings and engravings he transformed stage scenery from painted back-cloth into an abstract three-dimensional world of form and light. Craig's reputation as a designer is firmly established; his brilliance as a writer is only beginning to be recognised. Index to the Story of My Days shows him at his most self-revealing. As the original edition announced, 'Anything less like the conventional book of memoirs it would be difficult to imagine'. This 1981 reissue includes a specially written introductory essay by Peter Holland assessing the importance of Craig's career in the history of stage design.