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.

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instanceOf English person
modernist artist
stage designer
theatre director
theatre practitioner
writer
birthName Edward Henry Gordon Craig NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth England
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1872-01-16
dateOfDeath 1966-07-29
familyName Craig NERFINISHED
father Edward William Godwin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork stage design
theatre
theatre theory
givenName Edward
influenced 20th-century stage design
European avant-garde theatre
Vsevolod Meyerhold NERFINISHED
modernist theatre
influencedBy Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
symbolism
knownFor abstract scenography
concept of the Über-marionette
radical ideas on staging
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Ellen Terry NERFINISHED
movement modernism
name Edward Gordon Craig NERFINISHED
nationality British
English
notableWork On the Art of the Theatre NERFINISHED
The Mask NERFINISHED
Towards a New Theatre NERFINISHED
occupation actor
stage designer
theatre director
theatre theorist
writer
placeOfBirth Stevenage NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Vence NERFINISHED
residence Berlin NERFINISHED
Florence NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

Paris
sexOrGender male

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Ellen Terry child Edward Gordon Craig
John Gielgud relative Edward Gordon Craig
Gordon Craig Theatre namedAfter Edward Gordon Craig