Gordon Craig

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Gordon Craig was an influential English modernist theatre practitioner, director, and designer known for his radical ideas on stagecraft and theatrical reform in the early 20th century.

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Gordon Craig canonical 6
Edward Gordon Craig 1
Edward Henry Gordon Craig 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist artist ⓘ
person ⓘ
stage designer ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
theatre practitioner ⓘ
activePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
alternativeName Edward Gordon Craig ⓘ
linked to: Gordon Craig
child Edward Craig ⓘ
countryOfBirth England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1872-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-07-29 ⓘ
familyName Craig ⓘ
field stagecraft ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
fullName Edward Henry Gordon Craig ⓘ
linked to: Gordon Craig
gender male ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
Gordon ⓘ
influenced European stage design ⓘ
modernist theatre ⓘ
influencedBy Ellen Terry ⓘ
Henry Irving ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
English ⓘ
notableFor radical ideas on stagecraft ⓘ
theatrical reform in the early 20th century ⓘ
notableWork On the Art of the Theatre ⓘ
The Mask ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
stage designer ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
theatre theorist ⓘ
parent Edward William Godwin ⓘ
Ellen Terry ⓘ
placeOfBirth Stevenage ⓘ
placeOfDeath Vence ⓘ
residence Florence ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
sibling Edith Craig ⓘ
spouse Elena Fortuna Meo ⓘ
theoreticalConcept Über-marionette ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isadora Duncan → partner → Gordon Craig ⓘ
Angela Isadora Duncan → partner → Gordon Craig ⓘ
Gordon Craig → fullName → Edward Henry Gordon Craig ⓘ
linked to: Gordon Craig
Gordon Craig → alternativeName → Edward Gordon Craig ⓘ
linked to: Gordon Craig
Deirdre Beatrice Craig → father → Gordon Craig ⓘ
Deirdre Beatrice Craig → parent → Gordon Craig ⓘ
Symbolist theatre → associatedWith → Gordon Craig ⓘ