Finding Aid for the Edward Gordon Craig Papers, 1883-1966
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Finding Aid for the Edward Gordon Craig Papers, 1883-1966
Collection number: 1006
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Edward Gordon Craig Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1883-1966
Collection number: 1006
Creator:
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966
Extent: 15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
3 cartons (3 linear ft.)
16 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Edward Henry Gordon Craig (1872-1966) was a member of the Lyceum, London, where he received training as an actor and began
his career in stage design and production (1889-95). He was appointed Royal Designer for Industry of the Royal College of
Art (1938), made a Companion of Honour (1958) and was appointed president of the Mermaid Theatre, London (1964). The collection
consists of materials related to Craig's career as an English stage designer and producer.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
B.F. Stevens & Brown, Limited, purchase, 1960.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edward Gordon Craig Papers (Collection 1006). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Edward Henry Gordon Craig was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, January 16, 1872; son of Ellen Terry, a Shakespearean
actress, and Edward William Godwin, and brother of Edith Craig, a theatrical producer and director; attended Southfield Park
School in Tunbridge Wells, Bradfield College, and Heidelberg College in Germany; married and later divorced from actress May
Gibson; member of the Lyceum, London, where he received training as an actor and began his career in stage design and production,
1889-95; involved in productions such as
Acis and Galatea (1902),
The Vikings at Helgeland (1903), and
Much Ado About Nothing (1903); publications include:
The Art of the Theatre (1905),
On the Art of Theatre (1911),
Scene (1923),
Woodcuts and Some Words (1924) and a partial biography titled,
Index to the Story of My Days (1957); magazine publications include:
The Page (1898-1901) and
The Mask (1908-29); appointed Royal Designer for Industry of the Royal College of Art, 1938; made a Companion of Honour, 1958; president
of the Mermaid Theatre, London (1964); died July 29, 1966 in Vence, France.
Chronology
| January 16, 1872 |
Edward Henry Gordon Craig born at Stevenage, Hertsfordshire, England. Son of Ellen Terry and Edward William Godwin. |
| 1883-1886 |
Southfield Park School, Tunbridge Wells |
| 1884-1885 |
Visits United States on tour with Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. Makes first speaking appearance on stage in Eugene Aram. |
| 1886-1887 |
Bradfield College. |
| 1887-1888 |
Heidelberg College, Heidelberg. |
| 1888-1889 |
Southfield Park School, Tunbridge Wells, as a private student. |
| 1889-1892 |
At the Lyceum, London, under the direction of Henry Irving; provincial tours. |
| 1893 |
At the Lyceum. Met James Pryde and William Nicholson (the Beggarstaff artists) and began wood carving; at Uxbridge does his
first stage production, de Musset's On ne badine pas avec l'amour.
|
| 1894 |
Provincial tours. |
| 1895 |
Leaves the Lyceum; provincial tours. |
| 1896 |
Prepares productions of
Romeo and Juliet and
Hamlet with his own company at the Parkhurst Theatre.
|
| 1897 |
Meets Martin Shaw, the English composer and conductor. |
| 1898 |
Begins publishing
The Page, which ran until 1901.
|
| 1899 |
Publishes
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys.
|
| 1900 |
Publishes
Bookplates, a booklet. Presents
Dido and Aeneas with Martin Shaw and the Purcell Operatic Society in May. Designs and prints a program for the production.
|
| 1901 |
Presents
Dido and Aeneas and
The Masque of Love in London with Martin Shaw.
|
| 1902 |
Presents
Acis and Galatea and
The Masque of Love in London. Publishes souvenir program illustrated by his woodcuts for the performance. Designs settings for
Bethlehem for Laurence Housman.
|
| 1903 |
Publishes prospectus for
The Harvest Home. Designs sets for Fred Terry's production of
Sword and Song and enters theatrical management with Ellen Terry and Edith Craig (Edward Gordon Craig's sister) in production of Ibsen's
The Vikings and
Much Ado about Nothing. Elected a member of the Society of Twelve, London.
|
| 1904 |
Draws up prospectus for a School of the Theatre. Designs scenes for the Lessing Theater's production of
Venice Preserved, in Berlin and meets Isadora Duncan.
|
| 1905 |
Publishes
The Art of the Theatre. Develops theory of the über-marionnette.
|
| 1906 |
Publishes
Isadora Duncan - Six Movement Designs in Germany. Meets Eleonora Duse in Berlin and designs sets for
Rosmersholm for her.
|
| 1907 |
Settles in Florence.
The White Fan by Hofmannstal published with woodcut illustrations by Craig. Development of black figures and moveable screens for stage
settings.
|
| 1908 |
Begins publishing
The Mask in Florence as forum for theatre criticism; publishes
A Portfolio of Etchings. Travels to Moscow to discuss Stanislavsky's production of
Hamlet.'
|
| 1910 |
Travels to Moscow. |
| 1911 |
Publishes
On the Art of the Theatre. W.B. Yeats uses Craig's new screens in sets for his plays at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Honored by dinner in London on July
16. In Moscow for the presentation of
Hamlet by Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre, December.
|
| 1913 |
Announces financial support for his School for the Art of the Theatre. Publishes
A Living Theatre from Florence.
|
| 1914-1916 |
School closes due to war and lack of funds; suspends publication of The Mask, writes marionette plays. |
| 1917 |
Moves to the Villa Raggio, Rapallo, Italy. |
| 1918 |
Republishes
The Mask in April. Publishes
The Marionette, one vol. only.
|
| 1919 |
Suspends publication of
The Mask.
The Theatre Advancing is published in Boston.
|
| 1922 |
Invited to open the International Exhibition of Theatre Art and Craft at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Exhibit travels
to London and Manchester.
|
| 1923 |
Publishes
Scene.
|
| 1924 |
Publishes
Woodcuts and Some Words, and
Nothing, or the Bookplate.
|
| 1925 |
Publishes
Books and Theatres.
|
| 1926 |
Designs production of Ibsen's
The Crown Pretenders at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen for Adam and Johannes Poulsen.
|
| 1930 |
English edition of the Cranach Press
Hamlet with Craig's prints is published. In
A Production-1926, Craig's illustrations for
The Crown Pretenders are published. Also published the biography,
Henry Irving.
|
| 1931 |
Publishes the biography,
Ellen Terry and her Secret Self.
|
| 1934 |
Invited to Volta Conference in Rome by Pirandello and Marconi; meets Marinetti, Maeterlinck, and Gropius. |
| 1935 |
Visits Moscow and meets Brecht, Litvanov and Eisenstein. |
| 1938 |
Appointed a Royal Designer for Industry. |
| 1940 |
Taken to Stalag 142, Besançon, as a British citizen living in occupied Paris. |
| 1957 |
Publishes his partial autobiography,
Index to the Story of my Days.
|
| 1958 |
Made a Companion of Honour. |
| 1962 |
Issuing of radio talks made for the BBC 1951-1957 as three discs, London.
Eight Wood Engravings for Hamlet privately printed.
|
| 1966 |
Dies in Vence, France. |
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials related to Craig's career as an English stage designer and producer. Includes correspondence,
manuscripts, books owned and annotated by Craig, articles by or referring to Craig, photographs, designs, and ephemera.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966--Archives.
Theatrical producers and directors--England--Archival resources.
Set designers--England--Archival resources.
List of Subject Entries
Actors and actresses--Portraits.
Appia, Adolphe, 1862-1928.
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923.
Book-plates, English.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
A blot on the scutcheon.
Costumes--illustrations.
Craig, Edith, 1869-1947.
Drawings--specimens.
Duncan, Isadora, 1878-1927.
Duncan, Isadora, 1878-1927--portrait.
Duse, Elenora, 1852-1924.
Eisenstein, Sergei Michailovich, 1898-1948.
English drama--addresses, essays, lectures.
English drama--20th century.
Engravings--catalogs.
Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890-1929--portrait.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Katherine and Petruchio.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.
Land from the sea.
Peer Gynt.
Irving,
Sir Henry, 1838-1905.
Irving,
Sir Henry, 1838-1905--Portrait.
Irving, Laurence Sydney Brodribb, 1871-1914--Portrait.
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833.
The Marionette. Florence.
The Mask. Florence.
Masques.
Moscow Art Theatre. Moscow.
Puppets and puppet plays--specimens.
Purcell, Henry, 1658 or 9-1695.
Dido and Aeneas. p. 29
The school for the art of the theatre. Florence--views.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Hamlet. Macbeth.
The Merchant Of Venice.
Much Ado About Nothing.
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Othello.
Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950.
Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950.
Caesar and Cleopatra.
Stage lighting.
Terry,
Dame Ellen, 1847-1928.
Terry,
Dame Ellen, 1847-1928--portrait.
Theater collections.
Theater--Great Britain.
Theater--productions and direction.
Theater programs.
Theater--prompt books.
Theater--Russia.
Theater--Russia--views.
Theaters--architecture.
Theaters--architecture.
Theaters--miniature.
Theaters--stage setting and secenery.
Theaters--stage setting and scenery--views.
Toy theaters--specimens.
Tree,
Sir Herbert Beerbohm, 1853-1917.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Portrait.
List of Added Entries
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923.
Craig, Edith, 1869-1947.
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904- .
The crown pretenders.
de Walden,
Lord Howard.
Greet,
Sir Ben, 1857-1936.
Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959.
Irving,
Sir Henry, 1838-1905.
St. John, Christopher Marie (pseudonym).
Terry,
Dame Ellen, 1847-1928.
Shaw, Martin Fallas, 1875-1958.
Gordon Craig--Black Figures
1. Actor G92, E86.
2. Stage Manager G86, E82.
3. Ophelia.
4. Ophelia Mad G136, E124.
5. Bird Dancer.
6. Ghost with Crown G17, E17.
7. Ghost with Bone G115, E110.
8. Hamlet & Daemon (Large).
9. Hamlet & Daemon (Small) G77, E70.
10. Hamlet with Skull G154, E150.
11. Laertes G160, E156.
12. Queen G134, E123.
13. A Lord (Guildenstern) G170, E162.
14. Seated Figure (Large).
14C. Seated Figure (Small).
15. King Claudius G122, E114.
16. Actor (3/4 length)--two blocks: second E64.
17. Polonius G24, E24.
18. Osric G168, E160.
19. Yorick G155, E151.
20. Gravediggers.
21. Candlebearer 1.
22. Candlebearer 2.
23. Candlebearer 3.
24. Candlebearer 4.
25. Doubt G162, E74.
26. Soldiers seated G10, E10.
27. Ghost in flames G11, E11.
28. Courtier.
29. Courtier.
30. Hamlet with curtain G21, E21.
31. Hamlet/Horatio profile.
32. Mask for Queen.
33. Soldier with Shield (Large) G9, E9.
34. Soldier with Shield (Small) G140.
Block 2 E128.
35. Fencer A:.
Block 1, Block 2, Block 3 G175, E167.
36. Fencer B:.
Block 1, Block 2 G175, E167, Block 3.
37. Hamlet & King Claudius G109, E102.
38. S.1 & S.3 Black Girl.
39. Girl with Stick.
40. Shylock.
41. Antonio.
42. Bassanio.
43. Lorenzo.
44. Lawyer.
45. Young Gobbo.
46. Old Gobbo.
47. Lady in Waiting.
48. Three Witches.
49. Running Figure.
50. The Jewess.
51. Cuchulain.
52. Priestess.
53. Group of Four Men.
54. Mask.
55. Mask.
56. Rosencrantz.
57. Guildenstern.
58. Iphigenia.
59. Mourners.
60. The Jew.
61B. Beauty.
62. The Beast.
63. Group of Eight Men.
64. Moses.
65. Lust.
66. Dancing Girl.
67. Hunger.
68. Girl with Ball.
69. Susanna.
70. First Elder.
71. Second Elder.
72. Hecuba.
73. Ophelia with Willow.
74. Roman Actor.
75. Electra.
76. Roman Actor.
77. Roman Actor.
78A. Roman Actor, Block 1.
78B. Roman Actor, Block 2.
79. The Scrivener.
80. The Priest.
81. Worshipper.
82. Gravedigger (Second) G149, E144.
82B. Gravedigger (First) G150, E146.
83. Portia.
84. Fear.
85. Eve.
86. Kultur, Culture, Cultura et cie.
87. Self-Portrait.
88. Thespis.
89. Hamlet with Sword:.
Block 1, Block 2 G111, E105.
90. Shakespeare.
Related Material
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Scheme for the formation of The Order of the Mask. n.p., circa 1906.
Physical Description: (1 item, 25 cm. in diameter)
Scope and Content Note
Circular piece of wood with pencilled notations by Craig.
Box 1, Folder 2
A note upon Scene to the editor of
The London Times. Rapallo, Italy, October 7, 1907.
Physical Description: (5 leaves, typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 1, Folder 3
Art and the Nation. n.p., circa 1910.
Physical Description: (8 leaves, holograph)
Box 1, Folder 4
Necessities [Florence], circa 1910.
Physical Description: (3 leaves, holograph)
Box 1, Folder 5
The Painter in the Theatre. Florence, circa 1910.
Physical Description: (4 leaves, holograph)
Box 1, Folder 6
Socialism-- Syndicalism--Realism. Florence, circa 1910.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, holograph)
Box 1, Folder 7
Stage scenery. n.p., circa 1910.
Physical Description: (13 leaves. Typescript. Signed on first page)
Box 1, Folder 8
Stage scenery article. n.p., circa 1910.
Physical Description: (15 leaves. Typescript and holograph. Illustrated with pen and ink sketches. Initialled)
Box 1, Folder 9
The Theatre: A Note of Warning. Paris, circa 1910.
Physical Description: (4 leaves, holograph)
Box 1, Folder 10
A True Story. n.p., circa 1910.
Physical Description: (8 leaves, holograph, signed)
Scope and Content Note
In Craig's hand: A true story. 8pp. manuscript to William Gamble, USA.
Box 1, Folder 11
Hamlet. n.p., circa 1913.
Physical Description: (2 leaves, holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Rough draft of critical note for
Towards a New Theatre, London, Dent.
Box 1, Folder 12
The Third Illumination. n.p., 1913.
Physical Description: (4 leaves. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections by Craig.
Box 1, Folder 13
Mr. Fish and Mrs. Bones; a Motion in Seven Scenes by Orlando Furioso [pseudonym] Italy, 1916.
Physical Description: (2 p.l., 11 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
First typescript copy. In wrapper lettered and dated by Craig.
Box 1, Folder 14
Rome, L.M. A Man of the Theatre: Gordon Craig. August 18, 1918.
Physical Description: (4 leaves. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph annotations by Craig.
Published in Il Tempo, Rome.
Box 1, Folder 15
Speech on scene development delivered before the Workers' Guild. n.p., June 18, 1920.
Physical Description: (11 leaves. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections. Initialed and dated by Craig.
Box 1, Folder 16
[Fragments]. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (7 items)
Published Material with Manuscript Additions
Box 1, Folder 17
Improvements in stage scenery. Provisional specification. Completed specification. no.1771. Approved by King's Patent Agency,
Limited. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910.
Physical Description: (3pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Patent with Craig's invention of a series of double-jointed folding screens for producing scenic effects on stage.
Also, 2 folding pages of illustration.
With this: Correspondence to Craig from King's Patent Agency, Limited, pertaining to Appeal against refusal of Russian patent. London,
1912 (3 items).
Box 1, Folder 18
On the Art of the Theatre. London: William Heinemann, Limited, 1924.
Physical Description: (xxii, 296pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Presentation copy to Teddy from the author, 1924, with some corrections and notes by E.A. Craig.
Bound in, Rules. School for the art of the theatre. Florence, 1913 (12 leaves).
Noted, the first signed. Tipped-in on paste-down endpaper is photo of Edward Gordon Craig, dated 1926.
Proof Copies and Duplicates of Published Items
Note
Catalogued in the Rare Books Catalog, Department of Special Collections.
Box 1, Folder 19
Die Kunst des Theaters. Ubersetztundeingeleitet von Maurice Magnus mit einem vorwort von Harry Graf Kessler. Berlin: H. Seeman,
1905.
Physical Description: (40pp. Paper wrapper. Fragile. Duplicate)
Scope and Content Note
Translation of Craig's The Art of the Theatre, London: Foulis.
Box 1, Folder 20
De kunst van het theater. Vertaling van Donaert van M.A.J. Bauer. Amsterdam: S.L. van Looy, 1906.
Physical Description: (48pp. Paper wrapper. Fragile. Duplicate)
Scope and Content Note
Translation of Craig's The Art of the Theatre, London: Foulis, 1905.
Box 1, Folder 21
[On]
The Art of the Theatre. London, 1911.
Physical Description: (252pp., Unbound)
Scope and Content Note
Proof copy.
Box 2, Folder 1
[On]
The Art of the Theatre by Edward Gordon Craig. London: Heinemann, 1911.
Physical Description: (250pp., bound, signed on title page)
Scope and Content Note
Second proof copy with holograph corrections.
Presentation copy to Elena [Mrs. Gordon] Craig.
Box 26
OVERSIZE ITEM A
Towards a New Theatre; Forty Designs for Stage Scenes With Critical Notes by the Inventor, Edward Gordon Craig. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1912.
Physical Description: (90 leaves of which 7 leaves are printed)
Scope and Content Note
Dummy copy of first edition.
Box 26
OVERSIZE ITEM B
Towards a New Theatre; Forty Designs for Stage Scenes With Critical Notes by the Inventor, Edward Gordon Craig. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1913.
Physical Description: (90 leaves. Unbound)
Scope and Content Note
Proof copy with holograph corrections by the author.
Folder 2
Towards a New Theatre. Screens, January 21, 1913.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Scope and Content Note
First proof sheet for p.35 of
Towards a New Theatre. Edinburgh: Ballantine Press. Holograph corrections by the author.
Box 2, Folder 3
Scene; by E. Gordon Craig, with a foreward and an introductory poem by John Masefield. London: Oxford University Press, 1923.
Physical Description: (xii, 30pp. Number 39 of 1000. Signed)
Box 2, Folder 4
Nothing; or the Bookplate by Edward Gordon Craig with a handlist by Edward Carrick. London: Chatto and Windus, 1924.
Physical Description: (x, 28pp. Number 271 of 280 printed. Signed)
Box 2, Folder 5
Henry Irving. London, J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930.
Physical Description: (xii, 252pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Dust jacket and advertising material bound in. Inscribed to Teddy and Nell... P.
Privately Printed and Bound Manuscripts
Box 2, Folder 6
Plans for the production of
The Merchant of Venice. London, 1910.
Physical Description: (2 p.l., 15 leaves. Bound folio)
Scope and Content Note
Directions for set design and lighting with holograph explanatory notes by Gordon Craig for Ellen Terry. Signed and dated
by Ellen Terry on flyleaf.
Box 2, Folder 7
First arrangement with the printed blocks invented by Gordon Craig in 1912 - Paris. Florence, 1914.
Physical Description: (2 p.l., 65 leaves. Bound folio in wooden box. Privately printed in a limited edition of two)
Scope and Content Note
Hand pulls from woodcuts by Craig of arrangements for
Hamlet. Initialed and dated by Craig with holograph notes on flyleaf and on individual prints.
Box 3, Folder 1
Shakespeare, William.
Much Ado About Nothing; a comedy in five acts. Arranged for the stage by Henry Irving and presented at the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday, October
11, 1882. London: Chiswick Press, 1887.
Physical Description: (74 leaves, in paper covers. Fragile)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph annotations by Ellen Terry (in pencil) and Gordon Craig (in pen).
Box 3, Folder 1
The Works of William Shakespeare edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall. London: Blackie & Son, 1888-1889.
Box 3, Folder 1
item 2
vol.1: Annotated by Craig with sketches and tipped in holograph notes, circa 1888.
Physical Description: (430pp.)
Box 3, Folder 1
item 3
vol.4: Signed on title page Gordon Craig - 1888 -. Berlin.
Physical Description: (422pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Text with holograph annotations.
Box 3, Folder 1
item 4
vol.6: Inscribed on title page Gordon Craig from Henry Irving. October 13, 1889.
Physical Description: (430pp.)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph annotations by Craig about the illustrations of Gordon Browne and the plays.
Box 4, Folder 1
Katherine and Petruchio; a comedy in three acts altered by David Garrick from
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. French. London, 1892
Scope and Content Note
Rebound and interleaved with Craig's sketches and notes for stage production.
Inscribed on flyleaf by Craig, Lyceum Theatre, London [1892].
Box 4, Folder 2
Browning, Robert.
A Blot on the Scutcheon. n.p., 1892-1893.
Scope and Content Note
Rebound with Gordon Craig embossed in gold on cover.
Copious holograph notes and stage directions interleaved with text of play.
Signed and noted, studied in 1892-1893.
Box 4, Folder 3
de Musset, Alfred.
No Trifling With Love. n.p., December 1893.
Scope and Content Note
Rebound and interleaved with Craig's holograph notes for the production.
Signed and dated by Gordon Craig, March, 1893.
Box 4, Folder 4
Browning, Robert.
Fra Lippo Lippi. n.p., 1894.
Physical Description: (3 p.l., 22 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Rebound and interleaved with Craig's holograph notes and stage arrangements.
Signed and dated by Craig.
Box 4, Folder 5
Shakespeare, William.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. n.p., 1896.
Physical Description: (9 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Holograph notes and sketches for Scene One, Act Two written on pages from a printed text of the play [London, 1896].
Box 4, Folder 6
Stevenson, Robert L. and William Henley. Macaire. n.p., 1896.
Scope and Content Note
Rebound and interleaved with Craig's notes and sketches.
Signed on front cover and flyleaf.
With this: Selby, Charles, Robert Macaire and John Dicks.
Dicks' Standard Plays (no.325). London, n.d. Pamphlet, 16pp.
Box 4, Folder 7
1902. Shakespeare, William.
Macbeth. The Chiswick Shakespeare. London: Bell, 1899.
Physical Description: (xi, 111pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed in ink on front flyleaf by Craig with his sketches throughout.
Box 4, Folder 8
Production notes and sketches of set designs for
Othello,
The Crown Pretenders, and others. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (7 items)
Notebooks and Sketchbooks
Box 5, Folder 1
Sketchbook. v.p., 1896-1906.
Physical Description: (39 leaves, pen and ink wash and chalk sketches. Cover is hand-colored by Craig)
Scope and Content Note
Includes designs for
Hamlet,
Romeo and Juliet,
Peer Gynt,
Lady from the Sea, and
Caesar and Cleopatra.
With notes and dates by Craig for each sketch.
Box 5, Folder 2
Notebook. n.p., 1897.
Physical Description: (100 leaves. 8 leaves. contain holograph notes in pencil and pen. Signed and dated on cover)
Scope and Content Note
Used during Craig's production of
Dido and Aeneas.
Box 26
OVERSIZE ITEM C
Sketchbook. n.p., 1898-1900.
Physical Description: (32 leaves, 6 sketches mounted to 5 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Ink and wash drawings for
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys.
Box 5, Folder 3
Sketchbook. v.p., 1903-1904.
Physical Description: (135 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Holograph notes and sketches for
Venice Preserved,
Salome,
Bethlehem, and
Hamlet.
Initialed and dated.
Box 26
OVERSIZE ITEM D
Sketchbook. v.p., 1906.
Physical Description: (69 leaves, large cardboard-covered book with loose pages)
Scope and Content Note
Production notes and sketches for
Rosmersholm;
Caesar and Cleopatra; the Moscow production of
Hamlet; the Berlin-Dresden tour with Isadora Duncan; the School of the Theatre; and a holograph draft of an 11pp. article on materials
to be used in the theatre of the future.
Titled, dated and initialed by Craig on cover, Stockholm Book - Berlin-1906 - EGC.
Note
3 pages missing January 1995 L' Europe A Place of Beautiful Things W. Nicholson [?]
Replaced with photocopies from microfilm. Original fragile--use photocopy only.
Box 5, Folder 4
Writing album. v.p., 1906-1907.
Physical Description: (17 leaves, holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notations of profits and expenses on the Isadora Duncan tour of Germany and Holland.
Box 5, Folder 5
Notebook on movement. v.p., 1907-1920.
Physical Description: (73 leaves, holograph)
Scope and Content Note
notes and sketches indicating development towards
Scene.
Sketch and cover notes by Craig.
Box 5, Folder 6
Minute Book of the Society of the Theatre. London, 1912-1913.
Physical Description: (60 leaves, typescript and holograph)
Scope and Content Note
The Society of the Theatre was formed by Craig in 1912 to found a school for the art of the theatre. Committee members included
Craig, Haldane MacFall, Lovat Fraser, William Butler Yeats, Ernest Marriott and Ezra Pound.
Section Two: Books Owned and Annotated by Craig
Box 6, Folder 1
Pyle, Howard.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. New York: Scribner's, 1884.
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed To Edward Gordon Craig from Henry Irving... January 1885 - on the eve of his first appearance on any stage - may
angels bless and guard him. Chicago.
Box 6, Folder 2
Shakespeare, William.
Macbeth. London: Cattermole and Partridge, 1888.
Physical Description: (18 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Souvenir of Macbeth produced at the Lyceum Theatre, December 29, 1888.
Every illustration annotated by Craig with sketches and criticism.
Box 6, Folder 3
Verne, Jules.
Dick Sands, the Boy Captain. London: Low, Marsden, Searle and Rivington, 1879.
Physical Description: (486pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed on front paste down endpaper For Bobby from Father Ted. A splendid book. I read it in the year 1884 - it was jolly
exciting.
On front free endpaper, Edward Wardell - Southfield Park School - Southborough, Tunbridge Wells - April 26, 1884 and Gordon
Craig-1906.
Section Three: Periodicals Edited by Craig
Note
(Duplicates of items catalogued in Rare Books Catalog)
Box 6, Folder 4
The Mask; a Monthly Leaflet of the Art of the Theatre (vol.8 no.1-3 and 8). Florence, 1918.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 6, Folder 5
The Marionette Tonight (May 24) at 12:30 (vol.1 no.1-3, 10-12). Florence, 1918.
Physical Description: (6 items)
Section Four: Published Articles and Reprints with Contributions by or Reference to Craig
Box 6, Folder 6
[Two woodcuts by Gordon Craig].
The dome; an Illustrated Magazine and Review of Literature, Music, Architecture and the Graphic Arts (vol.2, no.6). New Series. London, March 1899.
Box 6, Folder 7
Much Ado About Nothing - Footlights in Particular; a Talk With Mr. Gordon Craig. by B.
The Tatler (no.98). London, May 13, 1903.
Physical Description: (Clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 8
The Harvest Home, with colored woodcut by Gordon Craig.
The Green Sheaf (no.3). London, 1903.
Box 6, Folder 9
The Theatre: Trade or Art? by Gordon Craig.
The Morning Post. London, December 26, 1903.
Physical Description: (Clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 10
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (vol.16 no.10). Berlin, July 1905.
Box 6, Folder 10
Osborn, Max. Edward Gordon Craig - Berlin.
Physical Description: (pp.587-595)
Box 6, Folder 10
Craig, Gordon. Etwas über den regisseur und die bühnen-ausstattung.
Physical Description: (pp.596-604)
Box 6, Folder 10
Craig, Gordon. Neue steinzeug-gefässe.
Physical Description: (p.605)
Box 6, Folder 10
Bredt, E.W. Moderne bauten analten strassen.
Physical Description: (pp.606-615)
Box 6, Folder 11
Which Era? by J.S. [pseudonym] Reprinted from
The Mask (vol.4, no.4). Florence, 1912.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Box 6, Folder 12
The Russian Ballet by J.S. [pseudonym] Reprinted from
The Mask (vol.5 no.3). Florence, 1913.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Box 6, Folder 13
Mr. Gordon Craig's Theatre. A letter from Gordon Craig reprinted from
The Nation (vol.14). Florence, October 4, 1913.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph notes by Craig.
Box 6, Folder 14
Mr. Gordon Craig's Theatre. A letter from N.D. Laurence reprinted from
The Nation (vol.14). Florence, November 1, 1913.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Box 6, Folder 15
The Music Hall and the Church. A letter by Gordon Craig reprinted from
The Mask. Florence, January 1914.
Physical Description: (4 leaves)
Box 6, Folder 16
The Theatre and the New Civilization. By Gordon Craig.
Theatre Arts Magazine (vol.3, no.1) January 1919
Physical Description: (3 leaves, clipped article)
Scope and Content Note
Heavily annotated by Gordon Craig and Ellen Terry.
Box 6, Folder 17
Books, Mules and Idleness in Italy With Some Reflections on the Literature of the Theatre, part one. By Gordon Craig.
The Bookman's Journal and Print Collector. September 17, 1920.
Physical Description: (2 leaves, clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 18
Am I Hostile to Literature? A Positive No. By Gordon Craig.
The Graphic. August 18, 1923.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 19
Review of
The Crown Pretenders, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen.
Theatre Arts Monthly (vol.11 no.4). April 1927.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, photocopy)
Box 6, Folder 20
De Casseres, Benjamin. Gordon Craig Comes to America; the First Work of the Famous Master of Reinhardt and Stanislavsk to
Be Shown in the Tyler Production of Macbeth.
Theatre Magazine, February 1931.
Physical Description: (2 leaves, clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 21
1931. Simsonson, Lee. The Case of Gordon Craig.
Theatre Guild Magazine.
Physical Description: (4 leaves, clipped article)
Scope and Content Note
Part one only; second part published in March issue, not available.
Box 6, Folder 22
Sheringham, George. Scene Design in England.
Theatre Guild Magazine, May 1931.
Physical Description: (3 leaves, clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 23
The Life and Theatrical Career of Edmund Kean, 1787-1833; with a foreward by Gordon Craig [Bookseller's catalogue]. London: Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, 1938.
Physical Description: (62pp. Catalogue One, 2 copies)
Box 6, Folder 24
Bowen, Elizabeth. Book reviews.
The Tatler and Bystander, February 9, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, clipped article)
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of Gordon Craig with notice of a new biography recently published: Janet Leeper's
Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre. London: Penguin Books, 1948.
Box 6, Folder 25
Oenslager, Donald.
Edward Gordon Craig: Artist of the Theatre, 1872-1966. A memorial exhibition in the Amsterdam Gallery. Bulletin of the New York Public Library, September and October 1967.
Physical Description: (36 leaves, photocopy)
Box 6, Folder 26
Goodman, Henry. Edward Gordon Craig: an Exhibit.
UCLA Librarian (vol.20 no.10), Los Angeles, October 1967.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 27
Program. International Institute for Theatre Research. Eighth International Course on Theatre History. Venice, September 10-23 1970.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
With this: listing of lectures, including one by Arnold Rood on Gordon Craig.
Box 6, Folder 28
Rood, Arnold. After the Practice, the Theory: Gordon Craig and movement. Lecture presented at the Eighth International Course
on Theatre History. Venice, September 12, 1970.
Physical Description: (21pp. Typescript (mimeograph), in French, Italian and English. One copy each)
Scope and Content Note
With this: Poster advertising the lecture by Rood.
Box 6, Folder 29
Stewart, Ian. A Thousand and One Scenes: Gordon Craig and the Theatre.
Country Life, February 10, 1972.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, clipped article)
Box 6, Folder 30
Newman, L.M.
Resources for the Future Study of Edward Gordon Craig. International Federation for Theatre Research, 1974.
Physical Description: (19pp.)
Section Five: Correspondence
Correspondence
re
Bethlehem
Scope and Content Note
Bethlehem - a nativity play by Laurence Housman performed with music by Joseph Moorat under the stage-direction of Edward Gordon Craig,
December 1902
Box 7, Folder 1
Baillie, John. Letters to Gordon Craig. v.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (9 items)
Note
Mr. Baillie served as stage manager for the production.
Box 7, Folder 2
Business correspondence, miscellaneous. v.p., 1902-1903.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 7, Folder 3
Greet, Ben. Letters to Gordon Craig and Laurence Housman. v.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (2 items and 1 fragment)
Scope and Content Note
Letters concerning an American production of the play.
Box 7, Folder 4
Housman, Laurence. Letters to Gordon Craig. v.p., 1902-1903.
Physical Description: (47 items)
Box 7, Folder 5
Moorat, Joseph. Letters to Gordon Craig. v.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (10 items)
Box 7, Folder 6
Production notes, miscellaneous. n.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 7, Folder 7
Shaw, Martin Fallas. n.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 8
Woodroffe, Paul. Letters to Gordon Craig. n.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 7, Folder 9
Craig, Edith. Letters to Charles Chenil & Company London, 1911.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Written on behalf of her brother, Edward Gordon Craig.
Box 7, Folder 10
Craig, Edith. Letters to Sarah Bernhardt. London, 1911.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Scope and Content Note
Written on behalf of her brother, Edward Gordon Craig.
Craig, Edward Gordon. Letters to Various Persons. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (52 items)
Box 7, Folder 11
Bocking, Miss [Bo] n.p., circa 1931.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 12
Carew, James. v.p., 1909-1910.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Note
Mr. Carew was a family friend.
Box 7, Folder 13
Craig, Edith. Correspondence with Edward Gordon Craig. v.p., 1895-1930.
Physical Description: (19 items)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence includes 15 letters from Craig to Edith Craig and four letters from Edith Craig to Craig.
Note
Edith Craig (Edy) was the sister of Edward Gordon Craig.
Box 7, Folder 14
Craig, Edward Anthony. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (6 items)
Note
Edward Anthony Craig is the son of Edward Gordon Craig and Elena Meo Craig.
Box 7, Folder 15
Craig, Elena Meo. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (9 items)
Scope and Content Note
Including sketches.
Note
The wife of Edward Gordon Craig and mother of E.A. Craig.
Box 7, Folder 16
Ellis, Jane [Essy] London, 1879.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Note
Miss Ellis was Craig's nurse.
Box 7, Folder 17
Henderson, F.R., and Son. Correspondence with Edward Gordon Craig. London, 1914.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 7, Folder 18
Holzapfel, Rudolf Melander. Paris, 1944-1948.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 7, Folder 19
Irving, Henry. Heidelberg, 1887.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Scope and Content Note
To Dear Hamlet.
Box 7, Folder 19a
Joseph, Helen Haiman. v.p.,
ca. 1918-1926(?).
Physical Description: (2 items, photocopy)
Box 7, Folder 20
Purcell Operatic Society. Hempstead, 1900.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Includes sample of proposed stationery for the Society, designed by Craig.
Box 7, Folder 21
St. John, Christopher. n.p., 1923.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 22
Unidentified. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 7, Folder 23
Craig, Elena Meo. Letter to Edith Craig. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 24
de Walden, Lord Howard. Letter to Edward Gordon Craig. Suffolk, 1916.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Note
Lord de Walden was the primary backer for Craig's School for the Art of the Theatre.
Box 7, Folder 25
Great Britain. War Office. Letter to Edward Gordon Craig. London, 1924.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph reply by Craig on reverse of letter.
Box 7, Folder 26
Heythums. Letter to Edward Gordon Craig. Czechoslovakia, 1937.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 27
Nolan, James. Letter to Edward Gordon Craig. London, 1900.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 28
Shaw, Martin Fallas. Letter to Edward Gordon Craig. Hampstead, n.d.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Note
Martin Shaw was a composer and conductor; also a personal friend.
Box 7, Folder 29
Whelen, Frederick. Letter to Edward Gordon Craig. London, 1915.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph comments by Craig.
Box 7, Folder 30
Wimmer, Moritz. Letters to Edward Gordon Craig and Maurice Magnus. Berlin, 1904-1907.
Physical Description: (29 items)
Scope and Content Note
Letters written to Craig or Magnus, Craig's business partner, concerning backgrounds for stage performances. In German.
Craig, Edward Gordon. Correspondence with Ellen Terry. v.p., 1883-1923.
Physical Description: (125 items)
Scope and Content Note
Ellen Terry, the English dramatic actress, was the mother of Edward Gordon Craig. There are 7 letters from Ellen Terry to
Gordon Craig; 115 letters from Gordon Craig to Ellen Terry; and 3 letters to Ellen Terry concerning Craig.
Box 8, Folder 1
1883-1888. Letters from Edward Gordon Craig's years in boarding school.
Scope and Content Note
13 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry; 2 to Ellen Terry concerning Craig.
Box 8, Folder 2
1889-1890. Letters written while on tour with Henry Irving.
Scope and Content Note
4 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 3
1891. Letters written while on provincial tours.
Scope and Content Note
4 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 4
1894. Letter concerning Craig's production of A blot on the scutcheon.
Scope and Content Note
1 letter from Craig to Terry.
Box 8, Folder 5
1899. Letter concerning
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys and the periodical,
The Page.
Scope and Content Note
1 letter from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 6
1901-1902. Letters concerning theatrical collaboration between Craig and Ellen Terry:
Dido and Aeneas;
Masque of Love;
Acis and Galatea.
Scope and Content Note
4 letters from Ellen Terry to Craig and 5 from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 7
1903. Letters concerning theatrical collaboration:
The Vikings;
Bethlehem.
Scope and Content Note
4 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 8
1904-1905. Letters concerning
The Art of the Theatre; George Bernard Shaw; and
Bethlehem.
Scope and Content Note
8 letters from Gordon Craig to Ellen Terry and 1 letter from Terry to Craig.
Box 8, Folder 9
1906-1907. Letters concerning Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree; George Bernard Shaw; Elenora Duse; Sarah Bernhardt; Isadora Duncan; and Craig's
books,
On the Art of the Theatre; and
Scene.
Scope and Content Note
5 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 10
1908-1909. Letters concerning the production of the Moscow
Hamlet; Elektra; and Craig's periodical,
The Mask.
Scope and Content Note
6 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 11
1910. Letters concerning the production of the Moscow
Hamlet; Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's
Macbeth; and George Bernard Shaw.
Scope and Content Note
14 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry and 1 letter to Ellen Terry concerning Gordon Craig.
Box 8, Folder 12
1911. Letters concerning the production of the Moscow Hamlet; Craig's books,
On the Art of the Theatre and
Scene; model stages and screens; and
The Mask.
Scope and Content Note
12 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 13
1912. Letters concerning Craig's School for the Art of the Theatre; the Cranach Press
Hamlet; theory of the über-marionette.
Scope and Content Note
9 letters from Gordon Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 14
1913.
Scope and Content Note
2 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 15
1914. Letters concerning Craig's black figures.
Scope and Content Note
3 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 16
1915.
Scope and Content Note
5 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 17
1916. Letters concerning the Swiss set designer, Adolphe Appia.
Scope and Content Note
3 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 18
1917-1919.
Scope and Content Note
2 letters from Craig to Ellen Terry.
Box 8, Folder 19
1923. A fragment from a letter to Ellen Terry by Craig with reference to the publication of
Scene by the Clarendon Press.
Box 8, Folder 20
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
7 letters from Gordon Craig to Ellen Terry.
Section Six: Ephemera
Note
Oversize items shelved in Map Room, level B, Department of Special Collections.
Catalogues of Exhibitions by Edward Gordon Craig
Box 9, Folder 1
Catalogue of etchings being designs for motions by Gordon Craig. Florence [Stabilimento Aldino], 1908.
Physical Description: (8 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Text of forward in English and Italian.
Box 9, Folder 2
Catalogue (2nd edition) of an exhibition of drawings and models for
Hamlet and other plays by Edward Gordon Craig. London: Ernest Brown and Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, September 1912.
Physical Description: (12 leaves, Wrapper with device)
Scope and Content Note
Exhibition no.168.
Box 9, Folder 3
Catalogue of an exhibition of drawings and models for
Hamlet -
Macbeth -
The Vikings and other plays by Edward Gordon Craig. Manchester: City of Manchester Art Gallery, November 1912.
Physical Description: (41pp., Wrapper)
Box 9, Folder 4
Catalogue of an exhibition of drawings and models for
Hamlet -
Macbeth -
The Vikings and other plays by Edward Gordon Craig. Leeds: The City Art Gallery, 1913.
Physical Description: (24pp., wrapper)
Box 9, Folder 5
A catalogue of some designs by Edward Gordon Craig exhibited privately at 7 John Street, Adelphi, by the members of the School
for the Art of the Theatre. [London]: School for the Art of the Theatre, July 6 to July 25, 1914.
Physical Description: (1 leaf. Loosely inserted into cover)
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue for first week only.
Box 9, Folder 6
Wood engravings by E. Gordon Craig. London: The St. George's Gallery, June-July 1924.
Physical Description: (14pp., wrapper)
Box 9, Folder 7
Stage designs by Gordon Craig for
The Pretenders by Ibsen, as produced at the State Theatre, Copenhagen, November 17, 1926, and etchings and other drawings. London: St. George's
Gallery, June-July 1928.
Physical Description: (11pp., wrapper)
Box 9, Folder 8
Drawings and engravings by Edward Gordon Craig and some silverware by J. Paul Cooper and Francis Cooper. London: Ifan Kyrle
Fletcher, June 14-July 16, 1938.
Physical Description: (13pp.)
Box 9, Folder 9
Nash, George.
Edward Gordon Craig: 1872-1966. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967.
Physical Description: (66pp.)
Scope and Content Note
Catalog of an exhibit held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Box 9, Folder 10
Edward Gordon Craig: 1872-1966;
Claud Lovat Fraser: 1890-1921. New York: Davis, Galleries, October 16, 1972-November 4, 1972.
Physical Description: (13pp.)
Programs Designed by Edward Gordon Craig
Box 9, Folder 11
Souvenir (March 10, 1902).
Acis and Galatea [and]
Masque of Love as produced at the Great Queen Street Theatre, by Martin Shaw and Gordon Craig. [London: J.J. Waddington, 1902].
Physical Description: (1 leaf and 34 leaves, with wrapper)
Scope and Content Note
Illustrated by Craig.
With this: Souvenir. Acis and Galatea; Masque of Love, as produced at the Great Queen Street Theatre. Prospectus [London, 1902].
Box 9, Folder 12
A Masque.
The Harvest Home. Designed and arranged by Martin Shaw and Edward Gordon Craig. n.p., 1902.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Illustrated by Craig.
Box 9, Folder 13
A Matinee in Aid of the Ellen Terry Memorial. London, The Palace Theatre, Tuesday, April 23, 1929.
Physical Description: (16 leaves, wrapper)
Scope and Content Note
Illustrated by Craig.
Publicity and Advertising Material: for Book Publications
Box 9, Folder 14
The Art of the Theatre. Prospectus. London: T.N. Foulis, 1905.
Physical Description: (Postcard)
Box 9, Folder 15
A portfolio of etchings. Prospectus. [Florence, 1907].
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 16
A second portfolio of etchings. Prospectus [Florence, 1909].
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 17
Two portfolios of etchings. Prospectus [Florence, 1910].
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 18
On the Art of the Theatre. Prospectus. London: Heinemann, 1911.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 19
Towards a New Theatre. Prospectus. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1912.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 20
Scene. Prospectus. London: Oxford University Press, 1923.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 21
Woodcuts and Some Words. Advertisement. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1924.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Box 9, Folder 22
[A production-1926] Gordon Craig in a theatre. Prospectus. London: Oxford University Press, 1930.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 23
Ellen Terry and her Secret Self. Prospectus. London: Sampson & Low, 1931.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 24
Fourteen notes. Prospectus. Seattle: University of Washington Bookstore, 1931.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Box 9, Folder 25
Gordon Craig and the theatre by Enid Rose. Prospectus. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1931.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Publicity and Advertising Material: for Periodicals Edited by Edward Gordon Craig
Box 9, Folder 26
The Page. August announcement. Hackbridge, Surrey, 1899.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 27
The Mask; a Monthly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Announcement of appearance. Florence, March 1908.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 28
The Mask; a Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Prospectus. Florence, 1911.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 29
The Mask; a Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. New Series. Prospectus for vol.4. Florence, 1911.
Physical Description: (8 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 30
The Mask. Announcement of vol.4, no.4. Florence, April 1912.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 31
The Mask. Announcement of vol.5, no.1. Florence, July 1912.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 32
The Mask; a Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Illustrated prospectus. Florence, 1912.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
OVERSIZE ITEM E
The Mask. Poster. Gordon Craig Defends Russian Ballet, illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser. Florence, 1913.
Scope and Content Note
Refers to article by Craig in vol.6, no.1.
Box 9, Folder 33
The Mask. Prospectus of vol.6, no.1. Florence, July 1913.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, 2 copies)
Box 9, Folder 34
The Mask; a Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Prospectus. Florence, 1909-1914.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Box 9, Folder 35
The Mask and The Marionette. Announcement. Florence, March 1919.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 9, Folder 36
The Mask; a Monthly Leaflet of the Art of the Theatre. Sample copy. Florence, April 1919.
Physical Description: (4 leaves. In wrapper. Inscribed on front flyleaf)
Box 9, Folder 37
The Mask and The Marionette. Announcement. Florence, December 1920.
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Scope and Content Note
A printed letter announcing a delay in resuming publication and stating that subscriptions were being deposited in a reserve
fund during the war period.
Box 9, Folder 38
The Mask; an Illustrated Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Prospectus. Florence, 1924.
Physical Description: (16pp.)
Box 9, Folder 39
The Mask. Prospectus of vol.12 no.2. Florence, April 1926.
Physical Description: (2 leaves, 2 copies)
Box 28
OVERSIZE ITEM F
The Mask. A Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Poster. Florence, 1929.
Publicity and Advertising Material: for Play Productions
Note
Oversize items shelved in Map Room, level B, Department of Special Collections.
Box 9, Folder 40
Souvenir of The Dead Heart - presented at the Lyceum Theatre by Henry Irving. London: Cassel & Company, Limited, September 28, 1889.
Physical Description: (20 leaves)
Note
The part of Arthur de St. Valery was played by Craig.
Box 9, Folder 41
Programs for stage performances with Edward Gordon Craig. London, Royal Lyceum Theatre, 1891-1896.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 9, Folder 42
Souvenir of Becket - first presented at the Lyceum Theatre. London, February 6, 1893.
Physical Description: (18 leaves)
Note
The part of the youngest Knight Templar was played by Gordon Craig.
Box 9, Folder 43
Hamlet. A benefit for Mr. Gordon Craig at the Paisley Theatre. Publicity card with woodcut by Craig on first page, Friday, July 26, 1895.
Physical Description: (2 leaves, mounted and framed with mat board)
Publicity and Advertising Material: for Miscellaneous Projects
Box 9, Folder 44
Announcement. Hackbridge, Surrey, At the Sign of the Rose, 1901.
Physical Description: (4 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Illustrated and printed by Gordon Craig
It has for some considerable time been my wish to produce plays...
Announcement of Craig's intention to manage stage productions if a sufficient show of support should be forthcoming.
Box 9, Folder 45
Announcement. n.p., circa 1902
Physical Description: (1 leaf)
Scope and Content Note
Miss Edith Craig... is now prepared to carry out private orders for Ladie's Dresses...
Illustrated and printed by Gordon Craig.
Box 9, Folder 46
The Goldoni Books for artists. Advertisement. Florence, circa 1912.
Physical Description: (3 leaves, 2 items)
OVERSIZE ITEM G
An exhibition of drawings and models for
Hamlet -
Macbeth -
The Vikings and other plays by Edward Gordon Craig. Poster. Leeds: The City Art Gallery, 1913.
Box 9, Folder 47
The School for the Art of the Theatre. Announcement of purpose. London: Chiswick Press, 1913.
Physical Description: (7pp., 2 copies)
Box 9, Folder 48
The School for the Art of the Theatre. Subscription form. n.p., 1913.
Physical Description: (3 leaves)
Scope and Content Note
Noted for private circulation.
With subscription forms loosely inserted.
Box 9, Folder 49
The Society of the Theatre, affiliated to the Gordon Craig School of the Art of the Theatre. Announcement of purpose. London,
1913.
Physical Description: (2 leaves, 2 copies)
Box 9, Folder 50
The Society of Wood Engravers. Invitation to an exhibition. London: The St. George's Gallery, December 1923.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 9, Folder 51
Booksellers' catalogues offering for sale material relating to Gordon Craig. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 10, Folder 1
Articles and letters to the editor written by Gordon Craig. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (6 items)
Scope and Content Note
Including two articles.
Box 10, Folder 1
On stage scenery. In
The Morning Post. London, October 13, 1903.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, clipping)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph comment by Ellen Terry.
Box 10, Folder 1
Monumenta Scenica; a review by Gordon Craig. In
The Observer. London, April 4, 1926.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, clipping)
Box 10, Folder 2
Designs, critical reviews of Craig's designs and exhibits. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (42 items)
Box 10, Folder 3
Personal and family clippings. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (20 items)
Box 10, Folders 4 - 6 and
Oversize item H
Productions staged and designed by Edward Gordon Craig. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (46 items)
Box 26, Folder 4
Acis and Galatea; The Masque of Love. As presented at The Great Queen Street Theatre. London, March 10, 1902.
Physical Description: (10 items)
Box 26, Folder 5
Bethlehem. As presented at the Imperial Institute, December 1902.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 26, Folder 6
Hamlet. As presented at the Moscow Art Theatre, December 1911-January 1912.
Physical Description: (30 items)
Scope and Content Note
Press clippings and advertising material relating to Craig's former work and present designs for the production.
Box 26, Folder 6
Press clippings. Moscow, 1911-1912. In Russian.
Physical Description: (10 items)
Box 26, Folder 6
Postcards. Moscow, 1912.
Physical Description: (20 items in wrapper)
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of the actors in the Moscow production by K.A. Fetser.
OVERSIZE ITEM H
The Vikings. As presented at the Imperial Theatre. London, April 15, 1903-May 9, 1903.
Physical Description: (1 item, scrapbook)
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook: Miss Ellen Terry's Season, Imperial Theatre, 1903.
Contains 67 leaves of press clippings pertaining to The Vikings.
Production staged by Gordon Craig, Ellen Terry as Hiordis.
Box 10, Folder 7
Publications. Criticism of publications by or with contributions by Craig. v.p., 1903-1930.
Physical Description: (11 items)
Box 10, Folder 8
The School for the Study of the Art of the Theatre. London, 1904.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 10, Folder 9
Theatrical criticism, general, with reference to Craig. v.p., 1903-1930.
Physical Description: (28 items)
Box 10, Folder 10
Biographical material. v.p., 1966- .
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 10, Folder 11
Miscellaneous ephemera. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (10 items)
Section Seven: Photographs
Photographs of Miscellaneous and Unidentified Designs by Craig
Box 11, Folder 1
1903. Thatchley. Suffolk.
Box 11, Folder 1
1905. Che peccato, or, La Donna di Zena.
Box 11, Folder 2
1902. Child in robe and sun hat.
Box 11, Folder 2
1902. Costumed male figure with staff.
Box 11, Folder 2
1903. King and supplicant.
Box 11, Folder 2
1908. Stylized profile of woman in ornamental cap.
Box 11, Folder 2
1909. Figure in white on staircase.
Photographs of Puppets and Masks
Box 11, Folder 3
circa 1890. Pagoda scene. Mandalay.
Box 11, Folder 3
1913. Groups of masks.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 11, Folder 3
1913. Puppets.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 11, Folder 3
1913. Puppet.
Physical Description: (Mounted photograph)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed Teddy from India, from Gordon Craig to his son, E.A. Craig.
Photographs of Model Stages and Figures
Box 11, Folder 4
1907 Five puppets designed and made by EGC, 1907... behind is a scene... [Florence].
Physical Description: (Mounted photograph)
Scope and Content Note
Holograph notes on mount.
Box 11, Folder 4
circa 1909.
Hamlet. Figures in the graveyard scene. n.p.
Box 11, Folder 4
circa 1909
Hamlet. Act 4, scene 6. n.p.
Scope and Content Note
Holograph notes on photograph.
Box 11, Folder 4
1911. Model stage with figure to left of dais. n.p. Dated by Craig, 1911.
Box 11, Folder 4
1913. Model stage for
Hamlet. Three views. n.p.
Box 11, Folder 4
1914. Model stage. Proscenium. n.p.
Scope and Content Note
Two explanatory notes in Craig's hand.
Box 11, Folder 5
n.d. Model stage with figures. n.p.
Physical Description: (Mounted)
Box 11, Folder 5
n.d. Model stage with figures. n.p.
Physical Description: (Mounted)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph note by Craig on the mount.
Box 11, Folder 6
1914. Photographs of model for St. Matthew's Passion [not produced] Florence.
Physical Description: (4 views)
Photographs of Designs for Productions
Box 11, Folder 7
1901.
The Masque of Love.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 11, Folder 8
1902.
Bethlehem; a nativity play.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 11, Folder 8
Three king's head dresses drawn on one sheet.
Box 11, Folder 9
1902. Acis and Galatea.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 11, Folder 9
Act 1. Scene 1.
Physical Description: (Signed, noted and colored on photograph)
Box 11, Folder 9
Act 1. Scene 1.
Physical Description: (No notation or coloring)
Box 11, Folder 10
1903.
Much Ado About Nothing.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 11, Folder 10
Lighting ornaments.
Physical Description: (3 sketches on 1 sheet)
Box 11, Folder 11
1903.
The Vikings.
Physical Description: (14 items)
Box 11, Folder 11
Ornulf's son.
Physical Description: (2 copies)
Box 11, Folder 11
Weapons.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 11, Folder 12
1905-1906.
Caesar and Cleopatra (George Bernard Shaw).
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 11, Folder 13
1908-1911.
Hamlet.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 11, Folder 14
1924. The Beggar's Opera.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 11, Folder 14
Act 1. Photograph of original watercolor by Craig with his holograph notes on reverse.
Photographs of Gordon Craig's School for the Art of the Theatre
Box 11, Folder 15
1910-1914. Interiors and workroom area. Florence.
Physical Description: (17 items)
Box 11, Folders 16-17
1910-1914. Exteriors and arena. Florence.
Physical Description: (41 items)
Box 11, Folder 18
1889. Craig as Arthur de St. Valery in The Dead Heart, as presented at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
Physical Description: (10 × 9 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1895. Craig standing. n.p.
Physical Description: (17.75 × 15 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
circa 1905. Craig at window. Berlin.
Physical Description: (13 × 18 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1907. Craig seated. n.p.
Physical Description: (18 × 12.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed, Ted. 1907. To Nell.
Box 11, Folder 18
1919 Photograph of Gordon Craig made in Rapallo by his son, Edward A. Craig, in 1919. Rapallo, Italy.
Physical Description: (18 × 14 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1939. Craig standing. n.p.
Physical Description: (11.5 × 7.75 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed, P. to Mix. 1939.
Box 11, Folder 18
1941. Craig in his library. Paris. Photo by d'Oray.
Physical Description: (12.5 × 7.75 cm., 2 copies)
Box 11, Folder 18
1941. Craig in his library. Paris. Photo by d'Oray.
Physical Description: (7 × 22 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1941. Craig with child. Paris. Photo by d'Oray.
Physical Description: (28 × 19 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1950. Craig seated. Italy. Inscribed, Patience off its monument. 1950. Photograph by David Lees.
Physical Description: (14 × 10 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1951. Craig in bed. Italy. Signed and dated by Craig. Photograph by David Lees.
Physical Description: (18 × 12.5 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1953. Craig. Vence, France. Note by Craig on reverse.
Physical Description: (9 × 12 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1955. Craig. Vence, France, 1955.
Physical Description: (9 × 12.5 cm.)
Box 11, Folder 18
1955. Craig. Vence, France.
Physical Description: (9 × 12 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Note by Craig on reverse.
Box 11, Folder 19
n.d. Unidentified house with wall. n.p.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm.)
Original Drawings: Sketches and Watercolors
Box 12, Folder 1
1883-1898. Early sketches.
Physical Description: (11 items, Pen and ink; pencil; watercolor)
Scope and Content Note
Includes one drawing after Gordon Brown, illustrator of the Henry Irving edition of Shakespeare.
Signed 'EW' [Edward Wardell]; E. Wardell; Ted; or unsigned.
Box 12, Folder 2
1899. Toy horse and rider.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink and wash, 25.5×20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Preliminary design for
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys.
Initialed in ink with holograph note on front
Box 12, Folder 3
1899. Toy horse.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink with watercolor, 25.5×19 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Preliminary design for
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys.
Box 12, Folder 4
1901.
Macbeth.
Physical Description: (Pen and wash drawing of set design, 20.5×28 cm. drawing mounted on 28 × 36 cm. board)
Scope and Content Note
Conception for the sleep-walking scene.
Signed and dated with holograph notes by Craig on sketch.
Box 12, Folder 5
1903. Gordon Harker as a watchman in
Much Ado About Nothing.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink sketch, 32×20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed and dated in ink with holograph notes.
Box 12, Folder 6
September 7, 1904. Thiergarten, Berlin.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink and wash, 27.5×20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Initialed, dated and titled in ink.
Box 12, Folder 7
1905. Houses at Dresden.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink wash, 27.5×20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Initialed, dated and titled in ink.
Box 12, Folder 8
June 1905. Siegelhausen near Heidelberg.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink and wash, 28×20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Initialed, dated and titled in ink.
Box 28
OVERSIZE ITEM I
1905. Electra.
Physical Description: (Pen and wash drawing, 30×25.5 cm. Mounted in 48.5×40.5 cm. mat)
Scope and Content Note
Set design.
Box 12, Folder 9
1905. The smith.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink wash, 28×20.5 cm., titled in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed in ink, Papa to Craig's son, Teddy.
Box 12, Folder 10
circa 1905. Page from notebook with figures.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink sketches)
Scope and Content Note
Holograph notes in ink and pencil.
Box 12, Folder 11
circa 1906. Isadora Duncan.
Physical Description: (Crayon sketch. 32.5×28 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Titled in pencil, I.D.
Box 12, Folder 12
1906. Another penny toy.
Physical Description: (Crayon sketch. 30×28 cm., titled and dated in crayon)
Box 12, Folder 13
1906.
De kunst van het theater.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink, 25.5 × 20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Facsimile of cover design for the Dutch translation of Craig's book,
The Art of the Theatre.
Inscribed in ink to Craig's son, Teddy, 1956. Holograph note in ink on sketch.
Box 28
OVERSIZE ITEM J
1908. Set design with cubes and figures.
Physical Description: (Pen and wash drawing, 15 × 51 cm. Mounted)
Scope and Content Note
Holograph note on back of mount: Drawing made of the first model of
Scene in its first arrangement. The figures incorrectly placed.
Box 12, Folder 14
1922 A bold stroke for a wife-1718.
Physical Description: (Pen and wash drawing, 18×24 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Set design.
Holograph notes on sketch. Design for a play by Mrs. Cantilever.
Box 12, Folder 15
1922. Claud Lovat Fraser.
Physical Description: (Watercolor, 30×26.75 cm. Matted)
Scope and Content Note
Initialed and dated in ink.
Box 12, Folder 16
n.d. Unidentified design for stage scene.
Physical Description: (Pencil sketch, 12×11.5 cm.)
Box 12, Folder 17
n.d. Unidentified figure.
Physical Description: (Pen and ink wash, 24×20 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Initialed and note in ink, Something I suppose in igloo[?] but what?
Box 12, Folder 18
n.d. Shylock. Act 3.
Physical Description: (Pencil drawing, 25.5×16.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Identified in pencil.
On reverse: Unidentified head (Pencil drawing. 25.5×16.5 cm.).
Box 12, Folder 19
n.d. Lawrence Irving in Waterloo.
Physical Description: (Watercolor wash, 30×25.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Initialed and identified in ink.
Box 12, Folder 20
n.d. Outdoor scene.
Physical Description: (Pencil sketch, 6.5×10 cm.)
One-Dimensional Figures for Model Stages
Box 13, Folders 1-22, Box 28
OVERSIZE ITEM K
1909-1911. Cut-out one-dimensional figures of cardboard for the model stage used in the Moscow Art Theatre production of
Hamlet.
Physical Description: (23 items of varying size, colored with charcoal, crayon and watercolor)
Box 13, Folders 23-27
1909-1911. Cut-out one-dimensional figures of wood used for mock-up of the Moscow Art Theatre's production of
Hamlet. Variants of original cardboard figures for the model stage listed above (folders 1-15).
Physical Description: (5 items, colored with paint and charcoal)
Original Prints: Black Figures
Abstract: Black figures were inked prints taken from the one-dimensional figures listed in Box 13, folders 1 through 20. These prints
were developed by Craig from the wood and cardboard silhouettes used in his model stage to illustrate the scenes he envisioned
for the production of the Moscow
Hamlet. The one-dimensional figures were inked in black and pressed on thin paper or cloth, revealing in the print the stylized
features and folds of the carved garments of the original silhouettes.
Note
Newman. Annotations are to the left of the folder number. 23.x.86/jd; revised Lilace Hatayama, February 1987.
Box 14, Folder 1
1907. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 2 of 16)
Note
50: JEWESS (S.4)
Box 14, Folder 2
1907. Untitled back view of standing female figure.
Physical Description: (34.5 × 25 cm., dated and Initialed in pencil, copy 15 of 30)
Note
58: IPHIGENIA
Box 14, Folder 3
1907. Untitled back view of standing female figure.
Physical Description: (Inked print on silk. 30 × 17 cm., dated and initialed in pencil, unnumbered)
Note
58: IPHIGENIA.
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed to Mama [Elena Meo Craig].
Box 14, Folder 4
1908. Untitled standing figure in profile.
Physical Description: (Inked print on silk. 35 × 15 cm., dated and initialed in pencil, unnumbered)
Note
68: GIRL WITH BALL (S.2).
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed to Mama [Elena Meo Craig].
Box 14, Folder 5
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 9 of 30)
Note
80: THE PRIEST
Box 14, Folder 6
1908. Hunger.
Physical Description: (32.5 × 14 cm., dated and initialed in ink, copy 2 of 30)
Note
67: HUNGER
Box 14, Folder 7
1908. Hunger.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., title and mounting notes in pencil. Unnumbered)
Note
67: HUNGER.
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed in pencil to Elena [Meo Craig].
Box 14, Folder 8
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 14 of 35)
Note
72: HEWBA (S.2)
Box 14, Folder 9
1908 Fear.
Physical Description: (35 × 24 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 18 of 30)
Note
84: FEAR (S.2).
Note
Note: lettering for FEAR is not reversed in cut, thus appears backwards in print
Box 14, Folder 10
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 29 of 30)
Note
76: ROMAN ACTOR
Box 14, Folder 11
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 17 of [30]
Note
74: ROMAN ACTOR
Box 14, Folder 12
1908. Untitled standing group.
Physical Description: (35 × 25.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 8 of 25)
Note
63: GROUP OF EIGHT MEN
Box 14, Folder 13
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 5 of 30)
Note
69: SUSANNA
Box 14, Folder 14
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 25 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 7 of 30)
Note
78A: ROMAN ACTOR
Box 14, Folder 15
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 25 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 18 of 30)
Note
75: ELECTRA (S.2)
Box 14, Folder 16
1908. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 24 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 30 of 30)
Note
70: FIRST ELDER
Box 14, Folder 17
1908. Untitled standing figure in profile.
Physical Description: (35 × 28 cm., copy 5 of 30)
Note
81: WORSHIPPER.
Note
Initialed and dated in pencil. State 2.
Box 14, Folder 18
1908. Untitled head in right profile.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 7 of 20)
Note
54: MASK
Box 14, Folder 19
1908. Untitled head in left profile.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 9 of 20)
Note
55: MASK
Box 14, Folder 20
1909. Untitled standing figure, back view.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 13 of 30)
Note
42: BASSANIO (S.3)
44: LAWYER
Box 14, Folder 21
1909. Moses.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Note
64: MOSES
Box 14, Folder 22
1909 Lust.
Physical Description: (35 × 29 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 4 of 4)
Note
65: LUST (S.1)
Box 14, Folder 23
1909. Hamlet and Daemon.
Physical Description: (35 × 25 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 6 of 40)
Note
8: HAMLET & DAEMON (Large) (S.1).
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, 1928.
Box 14, Folder 24
1909. Old Gobbo.
Merchant of Venice.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 3 of 30)
Note
46: OLD GOBBO
Box 14, Folder 25
1909. Young Gobbo.
Merchant of Venice.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 16 of 30)
Note
45: YOUNG GOBBO
Box 14, Folder 26
1909. Untitled standing female figure, back view.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 5 of 30)
Note
47: LADY-IN-WAITING
Box 14, Folder 27
1910. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in ink, copy 30 of 30)
Note
40: SHYLOCK
Box 14, Folder 28
1910. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 3 of 30)
Note
41: ANTONIO
Box 14, Folder 29
1910. Untitled standing figure. Moscow.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 15 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 17 of 25)
Note
73: OPHELIA [WITH WILLOW]
Box 14, Folder 30
1910. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 15 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 7 of 15)
Note
57: GUILDENSTERN
Box 14, Folder 31
1911. Untitled figure.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 25.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 15 of 30)
Note
36: FENCER B (BLOCK 3, S.3).
Scope and Content Note
Block 3 - State 3.
Box 14, Folder 32
1911. Untitled standing figures in profile.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 3 of 15)
Note
48: THREE WITCHES
Box 14, Folder 33
1910. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 23 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 4 of 15)
Note
56: ROSENCRANTZ
Box 14, Folder 34
1912. Untitled seated figure.
Physical Description: (10 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Note
14C: HAMLET SEATED (Small).
Note
Eighth proof of 30, 1919.
Box 14, Folder 35
1912. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (31.5 × 23 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 4 of 7)
Note
11: LAERTES.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.160.
Box 14, Folder 36
1912. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 13 of 27)
Note
Hamlet, p.72.
16: ACTOR (3/4 LENGTH. BLOCK ONE)
Box 14, Folder 37
1913. Untitled seated figure, back view.
Physical Description: (Initialed and dated in pencil, copy 5 of 30)
Note
17: POLONIUS.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.24.
Box 14, Folder 38
1913. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 1 of 30)
Note
Hamlet, p.170.
13: ALORD (PREVIOUSLY GUILDENSTERN)
Box 14, Folder 39
1913. Untitled standing figure, back view.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 10 of 25)
Note
19: YORICK.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.155.
Box 14, Folder 40
1913. Untitled standing figure in profile.
Physical Description: (21.5 × 13 cm., copy 3 of 6)
Note
STATE
2 USED IN
Hamlet.
18: OSRIC (S.1)
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.168.
First state.
Box 14, Folder 41
1913. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 2 Of 30)
Note
15: KING CLAUDIUS (S.2).
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.122.
Box 14, Folder 42
1913. Second gravedigger.
Physical Description: (27 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 2 of 25)
Note
82: SECOND GRAVEDIGGER.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.149
Box 14, Folder 43
1913. Untitled standing female figure.
Physical Description: (30 × 27 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 12 of 16)
Note
38: BLACK GIRL (S.1).
Scope and Content Note
State 1.
Box 14, Folder 44
1913. Untitled standing figure in curtain.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 9 of 22)
Note
30: HAMLET WITH WATAIN: VIGNETTE.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.21.
Box 14, Folder 45
1913. Untitled head in right profile.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 2 of 23)
Note
31B: HAMLET PROFILE: VIGNETTE (S.2)
Box 14, Folder 46
1914. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 28 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 13 of 30)
Note
61B: BEAUTY (BLOCK TWO)
Box 14, Folder 47
1914. Untitled standing figure with crook.
Physical Description: (35 × 24 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 7 of 30)
Note
39: GIRL WITH STICK (S.6)
Box 14, Folder 48
Cut in 1914. Untitled figures in scene.
Physical Description: (18 × 25 cm., copy 28 of 35)
Note
37: HAMLET & KING CLAUDIUS.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.109.
Box 14, Folder 49
1914. Untitled standing figure with staff.
Physical Description: (25 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 16 of 25)
Note
51: CUCHULAIN
Box 14, Folder 50
1914. Untitled standing figure with pen.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 4 of 20)
Note
79: SCRIVENER
Box 14, Folder 51
1914. Untitled standing figure.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 3 of 30)
Note
12: QUEEN
Box 14, Folder 52
1913. Untitled standing female figure.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm., initialed and dated in ink)
Note
38: BLACK GIRL (S.3).
Scope and Content Note
With holograph note. Inscribed to Mama. Not numbered, not entered.
Box 14, Folder 53
1927. Player-king asleep in orchard.
Hamlet.
Physical Description: (24 × 35 cm.)
Note
37JJ: POISONER 37KK: KING SLEEPING.
Note
As used in the Cranach Press
Hamlet, p.99.
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed to Teddy. EGC in Vence, 1956.
Box 14, Folder 54
1913. Untitled mask.
Physical Description: (20.5 × 13 cm., initialed in pencil, copy 3 of 22)
Note
32: MASK FOR QUEEN
Box 14, Folder 55
1909. Untitled figure with stick.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 18 cm. State 2. Copy 15 of 30)
Note
43: LORENZO (S.2)
Box 14, Folder 56
1915. Untitled female figure with snake.
Physical Description: (25.5 × 20.5 cm. Printed on silk, not numbered)
Note
85: EVE (S.3)
Box 14, Folder 57
1915. Untitled puppet figure.
Physical Description: (28 × 20.5 cm., copy 4 of 35)
Note
86: KULTUR, CULTURE, CULTURA ETCIE
Box 14, Folder 58
1908. Untitled figure.
Physical Description: (35 × 20 cm., copy 6 of 30)
Note
77: ROMAN ACTOR
Box 14, Folder 59
1907. Untitled group of figures.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., copy 5 of 25)
Note
53: GROUP OF FOUR MEN (S.3)
Box 14, Folder 60
1908. Untitled figure in profile.
Physical Description: (35 × 24 cm., copy 13 of 30)
Note
71: SECOND ELDER
Box 14, Folder 61
1910. Untitled group of figures.
Physical Description: (35 × 27 cm., copy 12 of 20)
Note
59: MOURNERS
Original Prints: Woodcuts and Etchings
Box 15, Folder 1
1898. [The Vagabonds].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 18 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed State 2. Copy 22 of 150.
Box 15, Folder 2
circa 1898. [Henry Irving]
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 9 × 8 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 3
1898. Ellen Terry as Ophelia.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 24 × 18 cm. Signed and titled in pencil. Hand-colored and mounted on 35 × 25.5 cm. board)
Box 15, Folder 4
1898. Henry Irving as Louis XI.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 17 × 10 cm. Signed and titled in pencil. Hand-colored and mounted on 35 × 25.5 cm. board)
Box 15, Folder 5
1898. Walt Whitman.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 15 cm. Signed and titled in pencil. Mounted on 35 × 25.5 cm. board)
Box 15, Folder 6
1899.
The Windmill [or;
Waiting for the Marchioness].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 11.5 cm. Signed and titled in pencil. Mounted on 35 × 25.5 cm. board)
Box 15, Folder 7
1899. Phoebus.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 30 × 25.5 cm. Hand-colored and mounted)
Scope and Content Note
Variant of print used in
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys.
Box 15, Folder 8
1900. Scene from
Dido and Aeneas.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 16.5 cm. Signed and titled in pencil. Hand-colored and mounted on 35 × 25.5 cm. board)
Box 15, Folder 9
1900. [Design for backcloth].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 18 cm. Signed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed in pencil, State 2 - Only 120 copies printed. Copy no.50.
Box 15, Folder 10
1900. Sorceress.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 25.5 × 15 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Artist's proof.
Box 15, Folder 11
1901. Design for a backcloth of a scene for the opera,
Acis and Galatea, by Handel.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 6.5 × 12 cm. Signed and titled. Hand-colored and mounted on 14 × 25.5 board)
Box 15, Folder 12
1907. Movement number six for
Scene, plate 9.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 16.5 × 16 cm. Signed and titled in pencil. Mounted on 25.5 × 20.5 cm. board.)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed to mother.
Box 15, Folder 13
1907. Untitled street scene.
Physical Description: (Etching, 10 × 8 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Box 15, Folder 14
1907. Untitled.
Scene, plate 4.
Physical Description: (Etching, 18 × 12 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Box 15, Folder 15
1907. [Office of
The Mask, Florence].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed, State 2. Copy 6 of 150.
Box 15, Folder 16
1908. [Scene].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Box 15, Folder 17
1908. [View at Arcetri].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 11.5 × 16.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: State 3. Copy 50 of 150.
Box 15, Folder 18
1908 [for King Lear].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 10 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Presentation to Craig's son, Edward A. Craig (Teddy) in 1919.
Inscription: Copy 52 of 150.
Box 15, Folder 19
1908. [Stage scene for The Vikings].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 13 cm. Initialed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: State 2. Copy 89 of 150.
Box 15, Folder 20
November 1908. [Untitled mask].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 31 of 50)
Scope and Content Note
Used as cover of
The Mask.
Note
[Note: date of cut incorrect]
Box 15, Folder 21
1909. [In Tuscany].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7 × 18 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 22
1909. [Mask of a bookseller].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 15 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: Copy 10 of 50.
Box 15, Folder 23
1910. [Untitled mask].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 23 × 15 cm., dated in pencil, copy 19 of 50)
Box 15, Folder 24
1911. Mask for the blind man for Yeats' On Baile's Strand.
Physical Description: (Etching, 29 × 23 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Etching inscribed to W.B. Yeats.
Initialed and dated in cut.
Box 15, Folder 25
1911. [La Commedia].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 17 × 25 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 26 of 150)
Box 15, Folder 26
1920. [For the storm in
King Lear].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 35 × 25.5 cm., copy 116 of 150)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: To Teddy - Px-1929.
Box 15, Folder 27
1921. [Homage á Jacques Callot].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 12 × 17 cm., dated in pencil, copy 83 of 110)
Box 15, Folder 28
1924. Villa in Ligure.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 25.5 × 16.5 cm., initialed and dated and titled in pencil, copy 6 of 50)
Box 15, Folder 29
May 25, 1925. Santa Tecla.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 16.5 × 21.5 cm., initialed, dated and titled in pencil. Mounted on 20.5 × 23 cm. sheet)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: Printed 1951. 1 copy. Dry.
Box 15, Folder 30
1927. [Illustration for
Robinson Crusoe].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 21 × 25.5 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 24 of 100)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: To Teddy from P.
Box 15, Folder 31
1927. [Illustration for
Robinson Crusoe].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 5 × 10 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 32
circa 1927. [Man and ship].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 11.5 × 9 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 33
1927-1928. [Figure of boy].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 25.5 × 20.5 cm., dated in pencil, copy 11 of 60)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: To Teddy from P-1929.
Box 15, Folder 34
1938. San Martino.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 18 cm., titled in pencil)
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: M from P - xxx-1938 - September 16. State 10.
Original Prints: Bookplates Designed and Printed by Gordon Craig
Box 15, Folder 35
1898. Edy. [for Edith Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7.5 × 6.5 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
Edy, her book. [for Edith Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 10 × 7.5 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
GC. [for Gordon Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 3 × 2.5 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
GC-1898. [for Gordon Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 9 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
Ex-Libris TN. [for Miss Norman].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 4.5 × 4 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
1899. JD. [for John Drew].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 10 × 7.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
GE. [for Gabrielle Enthoven].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 6.5 × 7.5 cm., 2 copies, one hand-colored)
Box 15, Folder 35
Oliver Bath-1899. [for Gordon Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 6.5 × 5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
EC. [for Edith Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7.5 × 5 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
CL-1899. [Cissy Loftus].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 6.5 × 5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
ET. [Ellen Terry].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 4 × 5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
Winchelsea - Ex libris Ellen Terry.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 11.5 cm; another 6.5 × 5 cm., both hand-colored)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
1900. C. [Christopher St. John].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 10 cm., colored)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
Lindsay-1900. [Lindsay Jardine].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 4.5 × 4.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
AL. [Aimée Lowther].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7 × 9 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
MP. [Margaret Palgrave].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 8 × 6.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
Roche-1900. [C.E. Roche].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7.5 × 6.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
This book belongs to William Winter.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 6.5 × 7.5 cm. 3 copies, one colored)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
1901. NFD. [N.F. Dryhurst].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 10 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
LB3. [Louis Buddy III].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 25.5 × 20.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
Nina. [Lady Corbet].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 9 × 5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
GC-1901. [Gordon Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 9 × 6.5 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
AR. [Lady Ridley].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 9 cm. 2 copies, one colored)
Box 15, Folder 35
Ex libris CBP. [Cora Brown Potter].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 11.5 × 9 cm., colored)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
JBR. [Jutta Bell Ranski]
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7.5 × 4 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
1902. SG. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 4 × 4 cm., colored and mounted, initialed and dated in ink)
Box 15, Folder 35
1903. Sidney Painter.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 10 × 9 cm., colored)
Box 15, Folder 35
1904. AS. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 4.5 × 4 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
1906. Untitled. [Roman soldier; bookplate designed for Jan de Vos].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 10 cm., signed in pencil)
Box 15, Folder 35
1910. D. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 15 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 22 of 150)
Box 15, Folder 35
P. Elsewhere dated 1912 [G.W. Plank].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 18 × 13 cm., initialed and dated in pencil, copy 20 of 50)
Box 15, Folder 35
1912. Ex libris WG. [W.F. Gable].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 2 proofs on one 18 × 13 cm. sheet)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
G. Another proof. Same as above.
Physical Description: (Woodcut)
Box 15, Folder 35
1917. Untitled sketches for bookplate.
Physical Description: (9.5 × 15.5 cm. and 7.5 × 10 cm., 2 items, pen and ink on two sheets)
Scope and Content Note
Sketches of designs for bookplate for Max Beerbohm.
Box 15, Folder 35
1926. Ex libris Rosie-1926. [Rosie Craig].
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7.5 × 4.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
From design of 1898.
Box 15, Folder 35
1929. d. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 7.5 × 6.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
1931. Untitled.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 14 × 10 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Noted in pencil: 4 artist's proofs. no.1 Second state. 1931. M from P. 1935.
Box 15, Folder 35
n.d. ER. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 11.5 × 9 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
Untitled. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 10 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Signed in cut.
Box 15, Folder 35
n.d. Untitled. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 8 × 6.5 cm.)
Box 15, Folder 35
Untitled. Owner not identified.
Physical Description: (Woodcut, 13 × 18 cm., 2 copies)
Original Prints: Stationery from Woodcuts Designed by Gordon Craig
Box 15, Folder 36
circa 1900. Personal stationery for Ellen Terry.
Physical Description: (18 × 11.5 cm., 1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Vine Cottage, Kingston Vale--ET with grape cluster.
Box 15, Folder 36
Personal stationery.
Physical Description: (18 × 11.5 cm., 1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Tower Cottage, Winchelsea, Sussex with scene.
Box 15, Folder 36
Business receipts for Edith Craig & Company.
Physical Description: (16.5 × 19 cm., 1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Debtor to Edith Craig & Company...
Box 15, Folder 36
1913. Greeting card.
Physical Description: (10 × 13 cm., 1 item)
Scope and Content Note
With every good wish, Elena & Gordon Craig, 1913. Initialed and dated in cut.
Original Prints: Reproductions
Box 15, Folder 37
Reproductions of original prints by Gordon Craig. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (10 items)
Original Prints: Wood Blocks Used in the Production of Printed Material
Box 16
The Page. Wood and zinc printing blocks used in the publication of the periodical published by Craig,
The Page. n.p., circa 1900.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 16
Souvenir of Acis and Galatea. Wood and zinc block used in the publication of the program for the play produced by Gordon Craig.
n.p., circa 1902.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Boxes 16-19
Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys. Wood and zinc printing blocks used in the publication of the book. n.p., circa 1899.
Physical Description: (38 items)
Boxes 20-21
The Cranach Press
Hamlet with illustrations by Gordon Craig. Wood and metal blocks used in the publication of this edition: Weimer, Gedruck and Aufder
Cranach Presse, 1928. n.p., n.d.
Original Prints: Etched Plates Designed by Gordon Craig
Box 22
Etched plates used in the production of
Scene, 1923.
Scope and Content Note
Were made to illustrate Craig's concept of arrested motion in scenic development. During progressive stages in the etchings
process, the illusion of greater light appeared to gradually reveal the scene; a process similar to that achieved by Craig's
use of materials in set design which provided the illusion of ephemeral scenes.
Original Prints: Etched Plates for
Scene(1923)
Box 22, Folder 1
1907. Etching no.1--small opening.
Physical Description: (Metal plate, etched, 10.5 × 8.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.1 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 2
1907. Little tomb.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 10.5 × 17 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.2 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 3
1907. Masked figure.
Physical Description: (Metal plate, etched, 11 × 16.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.6 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 4
1907. Uber-marionette.
Physical Description: (Metal plate, etched, 16.5 × 10.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.8 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 5
1907. French revolution.
Physical Description: (Metal plate, etched, 16.75 × 16 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.10 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 6
1907. Light - Etching no._____.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 21 × 16.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.13 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 7
1907. Descending into tomb.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 21 × 16.5 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.15 in
Scene.
Box 22, Folder 8
1907. Childe Roland.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 10.5 × 17 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Plate no.19 in
Scene.
Original Prints: Etched Plates for
Hamlet
Box 22, Folder 9
circa 1910. Claudius.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 9.5 × 12 cm.)
Box 22, Folder 10
circa 1910. Hamlet play-scene -- like wood -- engraving -- Extra.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 11 × 10.5 cm.)
Box 22, Folder 11
circa 1910.
Hamlet -- Extra.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 17 × 10.5 cm.)
Original Prints: Miscellaneous Etched Plates
Box 22, Folder 12
n.d. Girl with long arm -- zinc plate -- extra.
Physical Description: (Zinc plate, etched, 18.75 × 10.5 cm.)
Box 22, Folder 13
n.d. Ponte Vecchio.
Physical Description: (Copper plate, etched, 8.5 × 10.5 cm.)
Box 22, Folder 14
n.d. Bookplate.
Physical Description: (Metal plate, etched, 5 × 3 cm.)
OVERSIZE ITEM L
Pollock toy theatre. Published by B. Pollock. Hoxton, circa 1870.
Physical Description: (Hand-colored cardboard and wood, stage and scenery 45 × 37.5 × 43 cm. assembled)
Scope and Content Note
Representing characters and scenes from Dickens'
Oliver Twist.
Bookplate (GC-1898) on reverse of curtain.
Note
(On display in Smith Room, Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA.)
Boxes 23-24
Miscellaneous hand-colored cardboard and wood characters and scenes for toy theatres. n.p., n.d.
Skelt's characters and scenes for The Forty Thieves, M. & M. Skelt. London, n.d.
Skelt's characters and scenes for The Miller's Maid, M. & M. Skelt. London, n.d.
Pollock's characters and scenes for The Miller and His Men, B. Pollock. Hoxton, n.d.
Redington's new drop scene of the standard theatre. n.p., n.d.
Boxes 30, 32
OVERSIZE ITEM M
Macbeth Model stage constructed by Gordon Craig, circa 1908.
Physical Description: (Damaged; in fragmented pieces)
Boxes 33-34
OVERSIZE ITEMS N-O
Macbeth Model stages constructed by Gordon Craig, circa 1910.
Physical Description: (2 stages, each in large wooden shipping crate. Cardboard, paper and wood construction. Approximately 80 × 60 × 40 cm. when
assembled)
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored stage and scene.
Box 27
OVERSIZE ITEM P
How Doth the City Sit Solitary. n.p., circa 1910.
Physical Description: (Approximately 25 × 25 × 25 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
Model stage constructed by Gordon Craig for his son, E.A. Craig.
A rendering of Craig's 1907 woodcut, How Doth the City Sit Solitary.
Box 31
OVERSIZE ITEM Q
Models of scenery and furnishings, fragments of model stages, circa 1913.
Scope and Content Note
Includes sections of stage for Bach's Passion of St. Matthew and some work of Craig's students at 'The School for the Art
of the Theatre,' Florence.
Designs: Puppets and Marionettes
Biography/Organization History
Gordon Craig's interest in marionettes can be traced back as far as 1905, with the publication of
The Art of the Theatre. (London: Foulis, 1905) In 1907, Craig wrote a critical review of acting titled The Actor and the über-marionette, which
was published in the second issue of
The Mask in April, 1908. Gordon Craig's plays for puppets included The Gordian Knot, Mr. Fish and Mrs. Bones, The Tune the Old Cow
Died of, and The Three Men of Gorham, which were published in his journal,
The Marionette, in 1918 and issued separately in limited editions in the same year. He also wrote a version of Romeo and Juliet for marionettes
which was issued only in a limited edition, also in 1918.
Box 25
Hand-puppets and marionettes. Florence, circa 1910.
Physical Description: (18 figures, Wood, metal and plaster-bodied figures of varying size; dressed in cloth, paper and metal)
Box 25
Wooden figure. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1 item. 18 cm. in height, hand-carved)
Box 29
OVERSIZE ITEM R
Javanese marionettes, 18th century.
Physical Description: (50 cm. in height, 3 items)
Scope and Content Note
Movable figures of hand-colored buffalo hide, used in the Wayang Purwa (shadow theatre) of Java.
Box 29
OVERSIZE ITEM S
Javanese marionette, 18th century.
Physical Description: (75 cm. in height, 1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Movable figure of hand-colored buffalo hide, used in the Wayang Purwa (shadow theatre) of Java.
Box 29
OVERSIZE ITEM T
Figure of African holding tray. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (50 cm. in height, in box)
Scope and Content Note
Henry Irving's visiting card holder.
Note
(missing)
Section Nine: Bibliography
Box 1
Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle and Arnold Rood.
Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography. London: The Society for Theatre Research, 1967.
Scope and Content Note
Annotated by holdings of the Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA.
