Edward Gordon Craig Notes and Drafts for a Plea to George Bernard Shaw 1929-1931

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Edward Gordon Craig Notes and Drafts for a Plea to George Bernard Shaw 1929-1931

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The portfolio contains a notebook and two typed manuscripts that trace the development of the essay entitled, "A Plea to G. B. S." in (1931; republished as in 1932). Edward Gordon Craig's essay "A Plea to G. B. S." is addressed to the British playwright Bernard Shaw, and responds to a preface Shaw had written for his published correspondence with Dame Ellen Terry, a prominent actress and Craig's mother. Ellen Terry and her Secret Self Ellen Terry and her Secret Self, Together with a Plea for G. B. S.

3 items, including a proof with holograph notes and two typescript drafts

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966

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Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) était acteur, metteur en scène, scénographe, graveur et théoricien du théâtre. Il était le fils de l'architecte Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) et de l'actrice Ellen Alice Terry (1848-1928). À sa naissance il s'appelait Edward Godwin Terry ; son nom fut officiellement changé en Edward Wardell en 1878. Il adopta le nom de scène Gordon Craig en 1891, qui fut officialisé par la suite. Edward Gordon Craig was born in England on 16 January 18...