Shelfmark
Kbb.3.12 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.3.13 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.3.14 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.3.15 (copy 4)
Author
Title
Towards a new theatre : forty designs for stage scenes with critical notes by the inventor / Edward Gordon Craig.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London & Toronto : J M Dent & Sons Limited, MCMXIII [1913]
Physical description
xvi, 89, [1] p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Note
Frontispiece plate of 'Hamlet' with tissue guard bearing printed text.
Note
Publisher's black buckram blocked in gilt with pictorial cover design and spine title.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A17(a)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Inscription of Hugh P. Austin, March 1913.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Presentation inscription from Gordon Craig to Heinrich Heim. Craig's small oval "GC" bookplate inside front cover.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Inscription of Laurence Foster, Aug. 1913.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Loosely inserted photographic reproduction of Craig's drawing for Act 3 scene 2 of Julius Caesar (Mark Antony addressing the Forum), with his initials and date 1905, as reproduced in On the art of the theatre; inscription on verso "G.N. P26".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] With corrections in pencil in the hand of DW [Daphne Woodward] for inclusion in a projected German edition that Craig hoped Heim would help him with. Note in red pencil to footnote on p. 77, dated: EGC 1939. Loosely inserted copies of two of the plates for Macbeth in a state without the captions.
Subject
Subject
Theater.
Subject
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery.
Subject
Stage design.
Added entry--name
Woodward, Daphne. annotator.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 annotator.
Added entry--name
Heim, Heinrich former owner.
Added entry--name
J. M. Dent & Sons publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
Canada Toronto.
Identifier
B46527