Shelfmark
Kbb.4.31 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.4.32 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.4.33 (copy 3)
Author
Title
On the art of the theatre / by Edward Gordon Craig.
Edition
[1st ed., ordinary issue]
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : William Heinemann, 1911.
Physical description
xix, [1], 295, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note
Ordinary issue of the first edition.
Note
The first edition also appeared in a limited issue of 150 numbered and signed copies, of which 75 reserved for the United States of America.
Note
Frontispiece portrait photograph of Craig by Eduard Steichen does not appear in the ordinary editions; four other illustrations are also special to this edition. See Fletcher and Rood.
Note
Plates protected by tissue guards, with descriptive captions printed on the guards.
Note
Publisher's grey paper boards with black cloth spine lettered in gilt; upper cover with small oval "GC" monogram printed in black, red and green.
Formatted contents note
Contents: The artists of the theatre of the future -- The actor and the Über-Marionette -- Some evil tendencies of the modern theatre -- Plays and playwrights -- The theatre in Russia, Germany, and England -- The art of the theatre (1st dialogue) -- The art of the theatre (2nd dialogue) -- The ghosts in the tragedies of Shakespeare -- Shakespeare's plays -- Realism and the actor -- Open-air theatres -- Symbolism -- The exquisite and the precious.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A13(c)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Inscribed inside front cover: The School for the Art of the Theatre, i.e. Gordon Craig's school in Florence, Italy. Pencil inscription on front flyleaf: Nelly Craig, 46A High Street, Hampstead.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Bookseller's note and code in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Price in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Tipped-in signature of Gordon Craig. Loosely inserted postcard advertisement for the English edition of Craig's The art of the theatre, with extracts of reviews of the German edition.
Subject
Theater.
Subject
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery.
Subject
English drama History and criticism.
Subject
Stage design.
Subject
Theater Great Britain 20th century.
Added entry--name
Craig, Ellen Gordon, 1904 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Heinemann publisher.
Added entry--name
School for the Art of the Theatre (Florence, Italy) former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46498