Shelfmark
Kbb.4.34
Author
Title
On the art of the theatre / by Edward Gordon Craig.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Chicago : Browne's Bookstore, 1912.
Physical description
xix, [1], 295, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note
"Second impression January 1912."
Note
First published in separate issues in London and Chicago, 1911.
Note
Printer's statement (colophon): Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London and Bungay.
Note
Plates protected by tissue guards, with descriptive captions printed on the guards.
Note
Publisher's grey paper boards with canvas spine lettered in red; upper cover with small oval "GC" monogram printed in red.
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(f)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Inscription of Jane Gifford Wilder.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting half-title, frontispiece and dedication leaf.
Copy-specific note
Faint pencil sketch of a stage inside front board.
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
Browne's Bookstore publisher.
Added entry--place
United States Chicago.
Identifier
B46499