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Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig (née Edith Godwin; 9 December 1869 – 27 March 1947), known as Edy Craig, was a prolific theatre director, producer, costume designer and early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England.
Actor, producer and designer, Edith Craig (1869-1947) was a suffragette and socialist, and later director of the feminist Pioneer Players for almost 15 years from 1911. Her partner, Christopher St John (1871-1960), born Christabel Marshall, was a feminist playwright, suffragette, and author.
Edith Craig died of coronary thrombosis and chronic myocarditis on 27th March 1947. According to Katharine Cockin, the author of Edith Craig (1998), Christabel Marshall destroyed all her "papers (and presumably the memoirs)" after Craig's death.
Jan 26, 2017 · This new biography explores the extraordinary life of Edith Craig (1869-1947), her prolific work in the theatre and her political endeavours for women's suffrage and socialism.
- Katharine Cockin
- Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017
- illustrated
- Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art
English actress, designer, director, and political activist, daughter of Ellen Terry. Craig directed pageants for the Actresses' Franchise League and devised A Pageant of Great Women, a suffrage piece ...
Feb 16, 2017 · Edith (Edy) Craig (1869-1947) was an inspirational and important Modernist theatre-maker, but it is only in the past 30 years that her significance as a director, costumier, pageant-maker, feminist, lesbian and suffrage activist has been appreciated.
Jan 26, 2017 · Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art. Katharine Cockin. 4.00. 1 rating0 reviews. This new biography explores the extraordinary life of Edith Craig (1869-1947), her prolific work in the theatre and her political endeavours for women's suffrage and socialism.
