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Article: The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Modern Language Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937. Ed. by L. M. NEWMAN. London: Maney for the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic Studies (University of London). 1995. xvi + 398 pp. 36 [pounds sterling] (UK & EU); 43 [pounds sterling] (Overseas); $86 (US).
Edward Gordon Craig was undoubtedly the most influential theatre innovator that Britain has produced, the only Englishman whose international importance ranks with that of Stanislavski, Appia, Artaud, Meyerhold, or Brecht. This reputation is all the more extraordinary, given that most of his theatrical projects were in fact never realized. Partly because ...