Stage setting for Friar Lawrence's Cell
Theatre Design
1891 (drawn)
1891 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Projected design for a stage setting of Act II, Scene III, Friar Lawrences Cell, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Mounted on a sheet of a diary for Easter Day, Sunday 2 April, 1893.
Object details
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| Title | Stage setting for Friar Lawrence's Cell (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and Chinese white drawing |
| Brief description | Projected design by Edward Gordon Craig for Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Act II, Scene 3, depicting Friar Lawrence's cell. Great Britain, 1891. |
| Physical description | Projected design for a stage setting of Act II, Scene III, Friar Lawrences Cell, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Mounted on a sheet of a diary for Easter Day, Sunday 2 April, 1893. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'G C 1891'/ 'Idea for Romeo and Juliet Friars Cell Lyceum influence'/ 'my first style' (Signed in ink: 'G C 1891'
Inscribed 'Idea for Romeo and Juliet Friars Cell Lyceum influence'
'my first style' is inscribed on the mount. Inscribed on the back of the sheet with a diary entry and a later note.) |
| Gallery label | Design for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
1891
Edward Gordon Craig
'Remember that on a sheet of paper which is but two inches square you can make a line which seems to tower in the air, and you can do the same on your stage, for it is all a matter of proportion and nothing to do with actuality.'
Watercolour
Given by Mr Edward Craig
Museum no. E.24-1971 |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Edward Craig |
| Object history | Lent by Mr Edward Craig to Edward Gordon Craig Memorial Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, November 1967 - January 1968. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Romeo and Juliet |
| Bibliographic reference | Reproduced in Nash, G 'Edward Gordon Craig, 1967, pl 25. |
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| Accession number | E.24-1971 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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