MS 685 01 01 02
Reference code
MS 685 01 01 02
Title
E.A. Craig collection: Papers relating to Edward Gordon Craig’s School for the Art of the Theatre, the Arena Goldoni, and The Society of the Theatre
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1903, Edward Gordon Craig has first begun to formulate ideas for setting up a school, to train young enthusiasts in all aspects of the theatre. However, it was not until 1913 that his school was founded when he began to lease a disused open-air theatre, the Arena Goldoni. The theatre also became Craig’s studio/workshop as well as the offices of the ‘The Mask’.
The school closed in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War.
Affiliated to the Gordon Craig School for the Art of the Theatre, the Society of the Theatre, also set up by Gordon Craig, aimed to promote the art of the theatre.
The school closed in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War.
Affiliated to the Gordon Craig School for the Art of the Theatre, the Society of the Theatre, also set up by Gordon Craig, aimed to promote the art of the theatre.
Date
1904-[1960s]
Extent & medium
15 files
Content description
This sub-series contains miscellaneous papers relating to Gordon Craig’s initial ideas for the school, photographs of the Arena Goldoni and printed material, as well as ephemera relating to the Society of the Theatre.
Arrangement
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- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of an advert for Edward Gordon Craig’s first school for the theatre, MS 685 01 01 02 01, (1904)
- E.A. Craig collection: Ephemera relating to The Society of the Theatre, MS 685 01 01 02 02, (1912-1915)
- E.A. Craig collection: Elena Meo’s notes when organising the London end of The School and ‘The Mask’, MS 685 01 01 02 03, (1912-1913)
- E.A. Craig collection: Preliminary prospectus for Edward Gordon Craig’s School for the Art of the Theatre, MS 685 01 01 02 04, (March 1913)
- E.A. Craig collection: Prospectus for Edward Gordon Craig’s ‘The Society of the Theatre, MS 685 01 01 02 05, ([1913])
- E.A. Craig collection: Copies of ‘A Living Theatre’, MS 685 01 01 02 06, (1913)
- E.A. Craig collection: Autograph note from A.J. Lark to the Secretary of the School for the Art of the Theatre, MS 685 01 01 02 07, (1913)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photographs of the Arena Goldoni, MS 685 01 01 02 08, ([1913])
- E.A. Craig collection: Photograph of a visitor to the Arena Goldoni [?], MS 685 01 01 02 09, ([1913])
- E.A. Craig collection: Tracings from photographs of the Arena Goldoni, made by Geoffrey Nelson, MS 685 01 01 02 10, (1913)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photographs taken inside the school at the Arena Goldoni, MS 685 01 01 02 11, (1913-1914)
- E.A. Craig collection: Printed article on the Arena Goldoni, published by Edward Gordon Craig, MS 685 01 01 02 12, (1913)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photograph of ‘The Mask’ office, on the stage at the Arena Goldoni, MS 685 01 01 02 13, ([1914-1915])
- E.A. Craig collection: Photographs of a small bear at the Arena Goldoni, MS 685 01 01 02 14, (1914)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photograph of the unveiling of the plaque on the Cinema Goldoni, Florence, marking it as a former house of Edward Gordon Craig, Florence, MS 685 01 01 02 15, ([1960s])