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 She also wrote one unpublished play for children. Her unpublished papers—correspondence, prompt books, and playbills—document her significant contribution to feminist theatre history.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
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
Family and Intimate relationships Christopher St John
CSJ and Edith Craig rented a flat together at 7 Smith Square, Westminster, in London; they lived together, there and elsewhere, until Craig's death in 1947.
Auerbach, Nina. Ellen Terry: Player in Her Time. W.W. Norton.
480
Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago.
115
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell.
61-2
Family and Intimate relationships Christopher St John
Shortly before St John's death, she burned most of Craig 's papers. According to Ellen Terry's biographer, Nina Auerbach: Whether Christopher's bonfire was a response to Edy's expressed wish, or a gesture of murderous irony...
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
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
Cultural formation Christopher St John
At some point after CSJ met her long-time partner Edith Craig , she converted from her family's Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism .
Auerbach, Nina. Ellen Terry: Player in Her Time. W.W. Norton.
389
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin.
250
Cultural formation Christopher St John
She had since childhood, apparently, believed that she ought have been male because of her love for women. According to Ellen Terry's biographer Nina Auerbach : Many lesbians of that period gave themselves men's names...

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