Background
Craig was born on 16 January in 1872. He the son of the famous actress Ellen Terry and Edward William Godwin.
writer theoretician of the theate scene designer
Craig was born on 16 January in 1872. He the son of the famous actress Ellen Terry and Edward William Godwin.
Craig made his debut as an actor in Henry Irving's company in 1889, and stayed with Irving until 1897, playing many of the classic English roles, including Romeo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and Mercutio. In about 1900 he began to turn his great talents to production, design, and direction, but he became more successful as a writer and inspirer of others' work than as a theater craftsman himself. Along with the Swiss designer and writer, Adolphe Appia, Craig revolutionized the art of scene design from 1900 onward, even though he was often accused of being an impractical visionary. Among the most famous productions which he actually designed and directed were Ibsen's Rosmersholm for Eleonora Duse in Florence in 1906 and Hamlet for the Moscow Art Theatre in 1911. Craig founded The Mask, a Journal for the Art of the Theatre in 1908, and contributed to it until 1929. In 1956 he was made a Companion of Honour and in 1957 he published his autobiography, Index to the Story of My Days.
