The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937

L. M. Newman

The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937

Edited by L. M. Newman

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Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), English actor/director

Count Harry Kessler (1868-1937), German diplomat and patron

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MHRA Texts and Dissertations 43

Bithell Series of Dissertations 21

W. S. Maney & Son Ltd for the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic Studies

1 January 1995

ISBN: 978-1-839546-81-5 (Hosted on this website)

Open Access with doi: 10.59860/td.b6c537a

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This long-awaited edition brings together for the first time 366 letters, cards and telegrams exchanged between Craig and his patron the cosmopolitan Count Kessler.

An important primary source, illuminated by Dr Newman’s commentary, it focuses on three areas of particular importance:-

1. Craig’s artistic ideas and the spread of his influence through exhibitions and books; proposals are developed for work with Otto Brahm, Eleonora Duse, Max Reinhardt, Henry van de Velde, Eduard Verkade, Leopold Jessner, Dyaghilev, Beerbohm Tree, C. B. Cochran, and others.

2. Kessler’s Cranach Press Hamlet with wood-engraved illustrations by Craig; this is a landmark in the history of twentieth-century book design and printing whose genesis is now fully revealed in these letters and amplified with reproductions of eighteen trial page proofs.

3. The relationship between an artist and his patron.

Exceptionally detailed indexes are an additional feature of this book.

This book, originally published in paperback in 1995 under the ISBN 978-0-901286-59-8, was made Open Access in 2025 as part of the MHRA Revivals programme.

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i-xvi, 1-128, xvii-xx, 129-399	The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler 1903–1937 L. M. Newman Complete volume as single PDF The complete text of this book.	Read

i-ix	The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler - Front Matter L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c7b9a11 Front cover, dedication to Edward Anthony Craig, Contents, List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Editor's Note, and list of Abbreviations.	Read Cite
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1-70	Part One 1903–1910 L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c8c8e4e Introduction and Letters 1-93.	Read Cite
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71-120	Part Two 1911–1914 L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c04ec15 Introduction and Letters 94-165.	Read Cite
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121-28, xvii-xx, 129-210	Part Three 1915–1928 L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c15e05c Introduction and Letters 166-253.	Read Cite
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211-322	Part Four 1929–1937 L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c26d43f Introduction and Letters 254-366.	Read Cite
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323-44	Appendices L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c37c886 Chronology of relevant events, 1862-1988; a list of numbered figures and scenes which were	Read Cite
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345-99	The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler - End Matter L. M. Newman doi:10.59860/td.c48bccd Bibliography, Index relating to Craig, General Index, and back cover.	Read Cite
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Newman, L. M. (ed.), The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 43 (MHRA, 1995)

First footnote reference: ³⁵ The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937, ed. by L. M. Newman, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 43 (MHRA, 1995), p. 21.

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Newman, L. M. (ed.). 1995. The Correspondence of Edward Gordon Craig and Count Harry Kessler, 1903-1937, MHRA Texts and Dissertations, 43 (MHRA)

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