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Edward Henry Gordon Craig OBE,CH〔Some sources say Henry Edward Gordon Craig〕 (16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966), sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Craig was the son of actress Dame Ellen Terry. The Gordon Craig theatre, built in Stevenage (the town of his birth), was named in his honour in 1975. ==Life and family== The illegitimate son of the architect Edward Godwin and the actress Ellen Terry,〔Innes (1998, 27)〕 Craig was born Edward Godwin on 16 January 1872 in Railway Street, Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, England, and baptised at age 16 as Edward Henry Gordon. He took the surname Craig by deed poll at age 21.〔Hamilton, James. ("Craig, (Edward Henry) Gordon (1872–1966)" ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, May 2008, retrieved 19 May 2014 〕 Craig spent much of his childhood backstage at the Lyceum Theatre, where his mother was the leading lady to actor Sir Henry Irving. Craig later wrote a vivid, book-length tribute to Irving. Craig's sister was Edith Craig. In 1893 Craig married Helen Mary (May) Gibson, with whom he had five children: Philip Carlisle (born 1894), Rosemary Nell (born 1894), Henry Edward Robin (born 1895), John (born 1896) and Peter (born 1897).〔(''Edward Henry Gordon Craig'' in: thePeerage.com ) (29 May 2015 ).〕 With his lover, the violinist Elena Fortuna Meo (1879–1957) he had three children: Ellen Gordon (1903–1904), Ellen Gordon ("Nelly"; 1904–1975) and Edward Anthony Carrick (1905–1998; an art director of British films).〔 With his lover, the dancer Isadora Duncan, he had a daughter, Deirdre Beatrice (1906–1913), who drowned at the age of seven.〔 With his lover, the poet Dorothy Nevile Lees, he had a son, Davidino Lees (1916–2004), a noted Italian photojournalist.〔 His granddaughter is the illustrator and author Helen Craig.〔 Craig lived in straitened circumstances in France for much of his life and was interned by German Occupation forces in 1942. He died at Vence, France, in 1966, aged 94.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Gordon Craig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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