Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art

Katharine Cockin is Professor of English at the University of Hull, UK. She has published widely on women’s suffrage literature and on the lives and work of Ellen Terry and her daughter, Edith Craig. She is editor of the eight-volume Collected Letters of Ellen Terry (2010-2017) and author of several books on Edith Craig and women’s suffrage literature, including the first biography of Craig (1998), Women and the Theatre in the Age of Suffrage (2001) and two volumes of women’s suffrage literature (2007).

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPreface: A Note on Sources and More Dramatic Lives Chapter One. Introduction: Edith Craig Retrospectives Chapter Two 1869-1902 Her Mother’s Daughter: The Lyceum’s Apprentice Chapter Three 1903-07 The New Woman Experiments and the Genealogy of the ‘Scala masque’ Chapter Four. 1907-1914 The Art of Women’s Suffrage Theatre and the ‘fire of Prometheus’ Chapter Five. 1911-25 The Pioneer Players as London’s Art Theatre Chapter Six. 1915-25 Post-war Recreation and the Nativity PlayChapter Seven. 1919-46 The Little Theatre Mission: Pilgrims and PageantsChapter Eight. Conclusion: On the Theatres of ArtBibliographyIndex

Full of fascinating nuggets of information ... Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art presents a collage of Craig's achievements, celebrating her maverick career.