MS 685 01 02 02
Reference code
MS 685 01 02 02
Title
E.A. Craig collection: Papers relating to Edward Gordon Craig and the Purcell Operatic Society
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
The composer Martin Shaw founded the Purcell Operatic Society in 1899. He soon recruited his close friend Edward Gordon Craig as the stage director and production designer. Their first production in 1900 was of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas.
The society closed 1902
The society closed 1902
Date
1900-1968
Extent & medium
4 files
Content description
This sub-series contains various papers and ephemera relating to the society and Edward Gordon Craig’s involvement, as well as material belonging to Martin Shaw that was subsequently passed to Gordon Craig. The papers relate to the society in general, rather than specific productions, with the exception of ‘Dido and Aeneas’.
Arrangement
The files are arranged in chronological order.
Associated material
For copies of the theatre programmes produced and directed by Craig and Shaw see ‘Theatre Programmes and ephemera relating to Edward Gordon Craig’.
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Number 2 of 10 at this Level
- Next: E.A. Craig's collection: Papers relating to Edward Gordon Craig’s involvement in the Moscow productions of ‘Hamlet’ and other papers relating to Gordon Craig’s time in Russia, MS 685 01 02 03, ([1908]-1981)
- Previous: E.A. Craig collection: Miscellaneous theatre designs by Edward Gordon Craig, MS 685 01 02 01, ([Late nineteenth-early twentieth century])
Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- E.A. Craig collection: Martin Shaw’s addresses, used by the Purcell Operatic Society, MS 685 01 02 02 01, ([c.1902])
- E.A. Craig collection: Ephemera relating to the Purcell Operatic Society, MS 685 01 02 02 02, (1900-1902)
- E.A. Craig collection: Papers relating to the Purcell Operatic Society’ production of ‘Dido and Aeneas’, MS 685 01 02 02 03, (1900-1968)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of a piece of sheet music, written by Martin Shaw,for Edward Gordon Craig, (6pp.), MS 685 01 02 02 04, (n.d.)