Social Victorians/People/Edith Craig

Also Known As

• Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig
• Edy Craig

Demographics

• Nationality:

Residences

• 7 Smith Square, London (with Christopher Marie St. John), 1899–1907
• Adelphi Terrace House, 1907–1909
• 31 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1909–

Family

• Ellen Terry
• Edward William Godwin
  1. Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig (1869– 1947)
  2. Gordon Craig

• • Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig (1869– 1947)
  • Christopher Marie St. John (Christabel Marshall)
  • Clare ("Tony") Atwood (1866–1962)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Friends

• Pamela Coleman Smith
• Cicely Hamilton
• George Bernard Shaw

Organizations

• The Henrietta Theatre, "a small playhouse that was adjacent to the costumery that [Smith] and Edith Craig operated at Number 13, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden in London." This is 1901.
• The Independent Theatre
• The Stage Society
• The Masquers
• The Pioneer Players, 1911–1925
• The Phoenix Society
• The Renaissance Theatre Society
• Women's Freedom League
• Actressess' Franchise League

Timeline

1899, Christopher Marie St. John (Christabel Marshall) and Edith Craig became partners.

1902–1903, Craig "collaborated with the artist Pamela Coleman Smith on the design of scenes for William Butler Yeats's Where there is Nothing and J. M. Synge's The Well of the Saints."

1916, Clare ("Tony") Atwood (1866–1962), joined Craig and St. John.

1923, performed in the film Fires of Fate, adaptation of a story by Arthur Conan Doyle.

References

Works by Edith Craig

• Craig, Edith, and Cicely Hamilton. A Pageant of Great Women.