1st Edition

Ellen Terry, Spheres of Influence

Edited By Katharine Cockin Copyright 2011
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this essay collection, established experts and new researchers, reassess the performances and cultural significance of Ellen Terry, her daughter Edith Craig (1869–1947) and her son Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), as well as Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll and some less familiar figures.

    Introduction: Ellen Terry and Her Circle – Formal Introductions and Informal Encounters, Katharine Cockin; Part 1 Ellen Terry’s Influences on Others; Chapter 1 Introduction: Ellen Terry’s Lost Lives, Nina Auerbach; Chapter 2 Ellen Terry, Bram Stoker and the Lyceum’s Vampires, Catherine Wynne; Chapter 3, Veronica Franklin Gould; Chapter 4 The Burden of Eternal Youth: Ellen Terry and the Mistress of the Robes, Jenny Bloodworth; Chapter 5 The after Voice of Ellen Terry, Katherine E. Kelly; Part 2 Family Influences; Chapter 6 Introduction: Edward Gordon Craig – Prophet or Charlatan?, Michael Holroyd; Chapter 7 E. W. G. and E. G. C: Father and Son, J. Michael Walton; Chapter 8 Lewis Carroll, Ellen Terry and the Stage Career of Menella ‘Minna’ Quin: A Very Kind and Christian Deed’, Richard Foulkes; Chapter 9, Roberta Gandolfi; Chapter 10 Velona Pilcher and Dame Ellen Terry (1926), Charlotte Purkis; Chapter 11 Ellen Terry: Preserving the Relics and Creating the Brand, Katharine Cockin; Chapter 12 Describing the Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Archive, Julian Halliwell, Katharine Cockin;

    Biography

    Cockin, Katharine