CRAIG, (EDWARD HENRY) GORDON


Meaning of CRAIG, (EDWARD HENRY) GORDON in English

born Jan. 16, 1872, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Eng.

died July 29, 1966, Vence, France

British actor, stage designer, and drama theorist.

The son of Henry Irving 's company (1889–97), then turned to designing stage sets, decor, and costumes. He moved to Florence (1906), where he opened the School for the Art of the Theatre (1913). His international journal The Mask (1908–29) made his theatrical ideas widely known. His books On the Art of the Theatre (1911), Towards a New Theatre (1913), and Scene (1923) outlined innovations in {{link=stage design">stage design based on the use of portable screens and changing patterns of light; his theories influenced the antinaturalist trends of the modern theatre.

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