Abstract/Synopsis
Sellars reflects on Craig’s legacy, emphasizing Craig’s focus on “making theatre out of light,” and casting Craig as “John the Baptist to Bob Wilson.” Sellars highlights the importance of Craig’s “keeping the dream space open,” but he also criticizes Craig for not traveling to experience the predominantly Asian cultures whose performance traditions he appropriated. Craig and Sellars have a shared interest in the functions of Baroque opera in socially cataclysmic times; Sellars speaks about the influence of Craig upon his stagings of Purcell and the St. Matthew Passion (first staged in 2010). Sellars celebrates Craig’s attempt to rescue the voice from the dialogue-dominated realist drama, which he believed had talked mystery off the stage.
DOI
10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.13
First Page
111
Last Page
122
Rights
© 2017 Peter Sellars
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Recommended Citation
Sellars, Peter
(2017)
"Dreaming Of Light: On Edward Gordon Craig,"
Mime Journal:
Vol. 26, Article 13.
DOI: 10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.13
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/mimejournal/vol26/iss1/13