Edith Craig

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Standard Name: Craig, Edith
Birth Name: Ailsa Edith Geraldine Craig
Nickname: Edy
Self-constructed Name: Ailsa Craig
EC was primarily a theatre practitioner, known chiefly for her Pioneer Players , the women's theatre company she founded in 1911. Her literary output was scant. She published a handful of articles on stagecraft, and contributed to a revised edition of her mother Ellen Terry 's memoirs. She also wrote one unpublished play for children. Her unpublished papers—correspondence, prompt books, and playbills—document her significant contribution to feminist theatre history.
Black and white photograph of Edith Craig, shown from the shoulders up. Her head is leaning against one hand, her light hair is cut short, and she is wearing a black jacket with a white collar and cuffs, over a white shirt with ruffles at the front.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Christopher St John
CSJ 's and Edith Craig 's household expanded to include the painter Tony (Clare) Atwood ; the three lived together in Smallhythe Place and London for the rest of their lives.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell.
124, 181
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.
400, 453
Friends, Associates Christopher St John
CSJ , Edith Craig , and Tony Atwood spent much time in the company of Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge , who were staying temporarily in Kent while their house was being renovated.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell.
161
Leisure and Society Christopher St John
CSJ and Edith Craig hosted a reading of The Land performed by its author, Vita Sackville-West .
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin.
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.
176
Family and Intimate relationships Christopher St John
CSJ 's life was changed when Edith Craig died (after almost fifty years together) at Priest's House, the home they had shared with Tony Atwood.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell.
181, 229
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin.
349
Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago.
153
Textual Production Christopher St John
CSJ gave her love journal, The Golden Book, to Edith Craig ; it depicted some of her more intimate feelings for Craig.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell.
24, 71

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