MS 685 01 04 03 03

MS 685 01 04 03 03

E.A. Craig collection: Autograph notebooks containing a ‘sketch plan for Drama for Fools’ by Edward Gordon Craig

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1918-1945

4 items

Three autograph notebooks and one folder of mostly loose typescript leaves with corrections and annotations In Edward Gordon Craig’s hand. The notebooks were added to over the years to record Gordon Craig’s various ideas for his puppet plays.
1. Notebook labelled "Sketch for Plan of D for Fools. 1918"
2. Notebook labelled "The Marionnettes. Prologue. I. 1914. October" and "MSS 9"
3. Notebook labelled "D for F. The Ally.Cocky. Sketch of the whole notion." and "MSS 10"
4. Folder labelled "'The Last Judgement' or 'Deomcracy' or 'We are agreed'. M.S. by Tom Fool or Gordon Craig", containing corrected and annotated typescript leaves numbered 1-17, with later typescript copy of leaves 2-6
5. Partial typescript copy of notebook "MSS 9" with annotations by Edward A. Craig, [11] leaves
6. Corrected typescript copy of article by Edward A. Craig, discussing how the Drama for Fools came into being, marked "last state", [6] leaves



Also included is a typescript of ‘The Last Judgement’ or ‘Democracy’ and a typescript article by Edward A. Craig, discussing how the marionettes came into being.

Items 5-6 are inserted within item 4.