Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Edith Craig | The actor John Gielgud
was EC
's second cousin. On occasion he performed at her Barn Theatre
in Kent. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 13 Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984. 251 |
Leisure and Society | Christopher St John | The Annual Ellen Terry Memorial Performance was held at the Barn Theatre
, Smallhythe: the three women commemorated were Ellen Terry
, Edith Craig
, and Virginia Woolf
. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 176 |
Leisure and Society | Edith Craig | Radclyffe Hall
and Una Troubridge
, who lived nearby, were among those who attended the Barn Theatre
performances. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 161 |
Leisure and Society | Christopher St John | John Gielgud
and Peggy Ashcroft
performed in Twelfth Night in the Barn Theatre; it was on this night that CSJ
first met her new neighbours Vita Sackville-West
and Harold Nicolson
. Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984. 251 |
Occupation | Edith Craig | The Barn Theatre
, founded by EC
, held its first memorial performance in honour of her mother, actress Ellen Terry
. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 157 |
Occupation | Edith Craig | After her mother's death, EC
retired to her village home. There she established the Barn Theatre
, a converted barn on the grounds of Smallhythe Place which would host an annual dramatic festival in honour... |
Occupation | Edith Craig | From 1932 the Barn Theatre
ran on a subscription basis. EC
's aim was to produce each summer four or five plays that were unlikely to be shown anywhere else. Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago, 1981. 158 |
Occupation | Christopher St John | After the death of Ellen Terry
, Edith Craig
and CSJ
turned the barn on their property at Smallhythe into a theatre
; the farm they renamed the Ellen Terry Memorial Museum
. Auerbach, Nina. Ellen Terry: Player in Her Time. W.W. Norton, 1987. 400, 453 |
Performance of text | Clemence Dane | CD
's play Ellen Terry in the Theatre was performed at the Barn Theatre
on Christopher St John
's property at Smallhythe, Kent, for the Ellen Terry
anniversary celebration. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 177 |
Textual Production | Christopher St John | CSJ
wrote a biographical introduction to Edy: Recollections of Edith Craig, edited by Eleanor Adlard
. The University of Alberta
Library copy contains a handwritten note from CSJ
that reads: To Christopher Wood
In... |
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