Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art

Prof Katharine Cockin (University of Hull, UK)

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English

Methuen Drama
26 January 2017

Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography: arts & entertainment; Feminism & feminist theory; Civil rights & citizenship

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.

By: Prof Katharine Cockin (University of Hull UK)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 531g
ISBN: 9781472570628
ISBN 10: 1472570626
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 26 January 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface: A Note on Sources and More Dramatic Lives Chapter One. Introduction: Edith Craig Retrospectives Chapter Two 1869-1902 Her Mother’s Daughter: The Lyceum’s Apprentice Chapter Three 1903-07 The New Woman Experiments and the Genealogy of the ‘Scala masque’ Chapter Four. 1907-1914 The Art of Women’s Suffrage Theatre and the ‘fire of Prometheus’ Chapter Five. 1911-25 The Pioneer Players as London’s Art Theatre Chapter Six. 1915-25 Post-war Recreation and the Nativity Play Chapter Seven. 1919-46 The Little Theatre Mission: Pilgrims and Pageants Chapter Eight. Conclusion: On the Theatres of Art Bibliography Index

Katharine Cockin is Professor of English at the University of Hull, UK. She has published widely on women’s suffrage literature and on the lives and work of Ellen Terry and her daughter, Edith Craig. She is editor of the eight-volume Collected Letters of Ellen Terry (2010-2017) and author of several books on Edith Craig and women’s suffrage literature, including the first biography of Craig (1998), Women and the Theatre in the Age of Suffrage (2001) and two volumes of women’s suffrage literature (2007).

Reviews for Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art

Full of fascinating nuggets of information ... Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art presents a collage of Craig's achievements, celebrating her maverick career. * Times Higher Education *