Edward Gordon Craig
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Edward Gordon Craig was an influential English modernist theatre practitioner, director, and designer known for his radical ideas on staging and the art of the theatre in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Gordon Craig canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English person
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modernist artist ⓘ stage designer ⓘ theatre director ⓘ theatre practitioner ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthName | Edward Henry Gordon Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
England
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1872-01-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-07-29 ⓘ |
| familyName | Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Edward William Godwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
stage design
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theatre ⓘ theatre theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century stage design
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European avant-garde theatre ⓘ Vsevolod Meyerhold NERFINISHED ⓘ modernist theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Richard Wagner
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symbolism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abstract scenography
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concept of the Über-marionette ⓘ radical ideas on staging ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Ellen Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Edward Gordon Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
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English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
On the Art of the Theatre
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The Mask NERFINISHED ⓘ Towards a New Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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stage designer ⓘ theatre director ⓘ theatre theorist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Stevenage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Vence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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