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Edward Gordon Craig

Modernist stage designer and theatre director (1872-1966)

Born
January 16, 1872
Died
July 29, 1966
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1872

About Edward Gordon Craig

Edward Henry Gordon Craig (born Edward Godwin; 16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966), was an English modernist theatre practitioner; Part of the Terry family and son of the actress Ellen Terry, he worked as an actor in his youth before becoming a director and scenic designer, and he developed an influential body of theoretical writings. The Gordon Craig Theatre, built in Stevenage, England (the town of his birth), was named in his honour in 1975. After settling in Italy, Craig created a school of theatrical design with support from Lord Howard de Walden, the Arena Goldoni in Florence. The Art Record noted in 1901 that Oliver Bath was "a gentleman who is believed to subsist on an exclusive diet of the famous Bath Oliver Biscuit". Colour and light also became central to Craig's stage conceptualizations.

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The world when Edward Gordon Craig was born

Edward Gordon Craig was born in 1872. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1872

  • Best-selling bookAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYellowstone established as first national park
  • Technology milestoneCelluloid (first plastic) manufacturing begins
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population40.2M

1872 versus 2026

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Measure18722026
Population40.2M341 million

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