This online exhibit tracks the connections between fin-de-siecle Victorian theatre and avant-garde 19th century periodicals.
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7 Albany Terrace, Saint Ives TR26 2BS, UK
Lewis Hind was born in 1862 in Britain. He was a journalist, editor, art critic, and art historian. He served as editor of The Art Journal from 1887 to 1892. He co-founded The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art which has reviewed a number of the Yellow Nineties periodicals. He died in 1927. He contributed to The Yellow Book.
The Pines, 104 West Hill, London SW15 2UQ, UK
Theodore Watts was an English poet, novelist and critic. Born in St Ives, Huntingdon in 1832, Watts moved to London to pursue his literary career, becoming lead critic on poetry for the Examiner, and later the Athenaeum (Maxwell 2). During his life, Watts was most revered for his contributions on poetry to the Encyclopedia Britannica’s 9th edition and the third volume of Chambers’s Cyclopedia of English Literature (Maxwell 2). Watts contributed to The Yellow Book.
31 Bedford St, London WC2E 9EH, UK
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. Terry thought that Ailsa Craig was a good stage name after visiting an area of the Ayrshire coast that had that same name and decided that Edith should utilize it as a stage name. After her birth she lived for five years in a house at Harpenden that Godwin had designed for their little family. Craig was educated at a school in Earl’s court, that was ran by a lady named Mrs. Cole. Later on in life she attended Dixton Manor, ran by Mrs. Cole’s sister, Mrs....
more215 King's Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 5EH, UK
Ellen Terry was born Alice Ellen Terry on February 27th, 1847 in Coventry. Her parents, Benjamin and Sarah Terry, were both English actors. She was one of eleven children born into the family, but two died in their infancy. Terry never attended school and began her career as an actor in 1856 at the Princess theatre in London. Her sister Kate, who was a quote popular local actress, also worked at this theatre and Terry stayed there until 1859. After this time she, along with Kate and their parents began traveling the country as actors until their return to London in 1861. In 1862 she moved to Bristol, she began at J. H. Chute’s stock company where she was cast for a burlesque role. Terry explained that she could...
more13 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W. C, London
13 Henrietta Street was the location of Edith Craig's Costumier shop, which she owned and worked in until 1903. She created the costumes for many London productions. Very often, her shop was advertised within the Green Sheaf, a publication created by her close personal friend, Pamela Colman Smith.
Costumes, Theatrical and Private.
Telephone: No. 3345 Gerrard
Office Hours 11- 5, Saturdays, 11- 2
(Above is an advertisement for Craig's Costumier, advertised in The Green Sheaf).
13 Henrietta street was the location of Edith Craig's costumier shop until 1903. Her services were almost always advertised in the issues of The Green Sheaf by her close personal friend, Pamela Colman Smith. Edith created costumes for many London productions but became preoccupied with stage-management of the Pioneer Players later on in life (Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976, VOl. 1, p. 551).
The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam St, London WC2N 6AG, UK
Christopher St. John was born on October 24th, 1871. They were born Christabel Gertrude Marshall. She lived with in a ménage à trois with Terry’s daughter, Edith, and artist Clare Atwood. When Craig became briefly engaged to Martin Shaw, St. John was beside themselves with anguish. Their relationship began in 1903, and carried on until Craig’s death on March 24th, 1985. After Edith’s death, St. John burned a significant collection of Craig’s letters, who served as manager to her mother. St. John referred to themself as Terry’s “literary henchman”, serving as editor to some of her works or, in the case of Terry’s Four...
more85 Abingdon Villas, Kensington, London W8 6XB, UK
Born in the 1875, Martin Shaw was an English Composer. Shaw attended the Royal College of Music. In the 1900s Shaw moved to Chelsea and became involved with artists such as Edward Gordon Craig and William Butler Yeats. In 1903 Shaw became engaged to Edith Craig, sister of his friend Edward Gordon. They did not marry but always remained friends. Beginning in 1906 he toured with Isadora Duncan, an internationally acclaimed dancer, as a Music Director. Shaw did finally marry in 1916 to a musical director named Joan Cobbold (“About Martin Shaw”). As well as being a composer, Shaw also contributed to The Green Sheaf.
3 Adelphi Terrace, London WC2N, UK
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1857, Pennell became interested in the Fine Arts and Architecture from a young age (Tanke). Eventually, he began attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and initially worked in etching, illustrating books ad travel articles before eventually moving to London in 1884 with his wife, Elizabeth. During his time in London he befriended many of including Aubrey Beardsley and Henry Harland, who apparently sought his consultation for the initial issue of The Yellow Book, including the iconic color in which it is bound (Tanke). He contributed to a number of periodicals in London including The Yellowbook and The Savoy.
