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Craig, like her younger brother, Edward, was illegitimate, as her mother, Ellen Terry, was still married to her first husband George Frederic Watts when she eloped with Craig's father, Edward William Godwin, in 1868. Craig was born the following year at Gustardwood common in Hertfordshire.
Edith Craig was born on December 9th, 1869 to parents Ellen Terry and Edward William Godwin. Her birth name was Edith Godwin, but legally changed it in 1883 to Edith Ailsa Craig. She was baptized Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig in 1887 but known by her close circle of friends as Edy.
Edith Craig had a famous mother in Victorian actor Ellen Terry, but was herself a prominent producer, writer, and actor. With her partner Christopher St John, Edith created notable plays and protested during the suffrage movement to further the cause of women’s rights.
Edith Craig. Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig was born on 9th December 1869. Her parents, Edward William Godwin, an architect, and Ellen Terry, an actress, had eloped the previous year. After her separation from Godwin in 1875, Ellen Terry was primary carer for Edith Craig and her brother Edward Craig.
However, they had a daughter, Edith Craig, in 1869 and a son, Edward Gordon Craig, in 1872. The surname Craig was chosen to avoid the stigma of illegitimacy, but their cohabitation and children born out of wedlock were considered scandalous at the time.
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.
Actress: The God in the Garden. Edith Craig born in Hertfordshire in 1869 from a famous theatre family, daughter of the legendary stage star Ellen Terry and architect-designer Edward William Godwin.
