Abstract/Synopsis
Taylor considers the role that book arts may play in Craig’s theories of the new theatre, or the Art of the Future. He expands our understanding of Craig’s design work to include print culture, examining his engravings for the monumental editions of Hamlet published by Count Harry Kessler’s Cranach Press in 1929–30. Taylor explores the relationship of Craig’s designs for the 1912 Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet to his engravings for the German and English-language Cranach Press editions of the play. He suggests that it was only with this print publication that Craig finally achieved the absolute artistic control that he sought as a director-designer.
DOI
10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.09
First Page
61
Last Page
77
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© 2017 James P. Taylor
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Taylor, James P.
(2017)
"The Shadow Puppets of Elsinore: Edward Gordon Craig and the Cranach Press Hamlet,"
Mime Journal:
Vol. 26, Article 9.
DOI: 10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.09
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https://scholarship.claremont.edu/mimejournal/vol26/iss1/9
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