Shelfmark
Kc.5.22(04)
Additional shelfmark
MS 685 (copy 2)
Author
Title
The three men of Gotham : a motion for marionnettes.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Florence : s.n., 1918]
Physical description
6, [2] p. ; 21 cm.
Note
Anonymous. By Edward Gordon Craig.
Note
Caption title.
Note
Large paper edition printed on handmade paper. Only 25 copies issued.
Note
One of a projected series of puppet plays, collectively "The drama for fools" by "Tom Fool", of which only five were printed.
Note
Also issued as a separate pamphlet presented with The marionnette, vol. 1 no. 1 (September [i.e. March] 1919), with wrapper reading as above, with addition "... being an interlude by Tom Fool of Europe".
Note
A 'List of names' of those receiving the specially printed copies of the 5 plays is in ECL MS 685/box 'Miscellaneous 1'.
Note
Other material related to "The drama for fools" is in ECL MS 685/box 'Miscellaneous 1". There is also a wooden model of three heads, MS 685/box 'Three men of Gotham'.
Note
Final leaf is blank.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A23(a)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Dedication label attached inside front board of bound volume: "To Cockie the contemptible hero this Drama for fools is dedicated, EGC, 1945.
Binding
[Copy 1] Contemporary marbled paper boards with ms. cover title "5 plays for puppets by Tom Fool alias John Bull ie CGE, 1917 1918"; brown paper dust wrapper with ms. cover title in white pencil and black ink "Drama for donkeys: 5 interludes" and ink spine title "Drama for fools"; housed in ?contemporary marbled paper slip case with red ink label "Interludes from 'The drama of fools', Tom Fool, 1916". Housed in acid free envelope.
Binding
[Copy 2] Sewn without wrappers.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] With textual amendments by the author, including note initialled EGC/TF that the corrections were made in 1949 on learning that Nottingham was formerly known as Snottingeham, and with autograph note on final blank suggesting that the play would be better 'acted by good comedians' than 'ruined by modern marionnettists', dated Paris, 1944; sketch in red biro on verso probably related to following play in volume. Bound with the other 4 printed "motions for marionnettes".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Another copy is in ECL MS 685/box 'Miscellaneous 1', envelope from Virginia Surtees.
Subject
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 Drama for fools.
Subject
Puppet plays, English.
Subject
Nottingham (England) Drama.
Added entry--name
Surtees, Virginia former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Florence.
Identifier
B46452