Gordon Craig

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Gordon Craig was an influential English modernist theatre practitioner, director, and designer known for his radical ideas on stagecraft and theatrical reform in the early 20th century.

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Gordon Craig canonical 6
Edward Gordon Craig 1
Edward Henry Gordon Craig 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist artist
person
stage designer
theatre director
theatre practitioner
activePeriod early 20th century
alternativeName Edward Gordon Craig
linked to: Gordon Craig
child Edward Craig
countryOfBirth England
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1872-01-16
dateOfDeath 1966-07-29
familyName Craig
field stagecraft
theatre
fullName Edward Henry Gordon Craig
linked to: Gordon Craig
gender male
givenName Edward
Gordon
influenced European stage design
modernist theatre
influencedBy Ellen Terry
Henry Irving
languageOfWork English
movement modernism
nationality British
English
notableFor radical ideas on stagecraft
theatrical reform in the early 20th century
notableWork On the Art of the Theatre
The Mask
occupation actor
stage designer
theatre director
theatre theorist
parent Edward William Godwin
Ellen Terry
placeOfBirth Stevenage
placeOfDeath Vence
residence Florence
Italy
sibling Edith Craig
spouse Elena Fortuna Meo
theoreticalConcept Über-marionette

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Isadora Duncan partner Gordon Craig
Angela Isadora Duncan partner Gordon Craig
Gordon Craig fullName Edward Henry Gordon Craig
linked to: Gordon Craig
Gordon Craig alternativeName Edward Gordon Craig
linked to: Gordon Craig
Deirdre Beatrice Craig father Gordon Craig
Deirdre Beatrice Craig parent Gordon Craig
Symbolist theatre associatedWith Gordon Craig