Craig: the forgotten modernist

This was the keyword speech at the event, 'Edward Gordon Craig: His Legacy'

A biographical and historical perspective, this talk suggests some early influences on Craig’s visionary ideas from his extraordinary theatrical pedigree. Sir Michael will also chart Craig’s development as a European Modernist during a long, wayward life in exile that led to his achievements being largely forgotten by the end of his career.

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Related Exhibitions

Space and Light, V & A Theatre and Performance Galleries, 11/09/2010 – 13/03/2011

The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, June 2011

Sir Michael Holroyd

Recognised as one of the most influential of contemporary biographers, Sir Michael Holroyd has written the lives of Lytton Strachey, Augustus John and Bernard Shaw. His most recent book, A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their Remarkable Families, is a group biography of Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and her son Edward Gordon Craig. He is President Emeritus of the Royal Society of Literature and holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Ulster, Sheffield, Warwick, East Anglia, Sussex and the London School of Economics. He was awarded the CBE in 1989 and a knighthood in 2007 for services to Literature.