Index to the Story of My Days

This 1981 reissue of Index to the Story of My Days shows stage designer Edward Gordon Craig at his most self-revealing.

Edward Gordon Craig's reputation as a stage designer is firmly established; his brilliance as a writer is only beginning to be recognised. This 1981 reissue including an introductory essay by Peter Holland shows him at his most self-revealing. As the original edition announced, 'Anything less like the conventional book of memoirs it would be difficult to imagine'.Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966) was the most brilliant and influential stage designer this century. Always a controversial figure, he set out to revolutionise the theatre by creating a new art, the art of the theatre. Almost single-handed he formulated the principles on which a modern approach to stage design would be based. In his writings and engravings he transformed stage scenery from painted back-cloth into an abstract three-dimensional world of form and light. Craig's reputation as a designer is firmly established; his brilliance as a writer is only beginning to be recognised. Index to the Story of My Days shows him at his most self-revealing. As the original edition announced, 'Anything less like the conventional book of memoirs it would be difficult to imagine'. This 1981 reissue includes a specially written introductory essay by Peter Holland assessing the importance of Craig's career in the history of stage design.