Craig
(EDWARD) GORDON, an English theatrical manager. He was born in 1872 and acted for the first time in 1889 in London, at the Lyceum Theater, under the direction of Henry Irving. He was active as an actor for eight years and in 1897 commenced the study of the art of the theater. He made many productions in Great Britain and on the Continent, in which he introduced features which were the results of his study. He founded a school for the art of the theater, Arena Goldoni, Florence, in 1913, and was a member of the Society of Twelve. His works include: "The Art of the Theater," essays in "The Mask," and in "The Marionette," "Portfolio of Etchings," "The Page," "On the Art of the Theater," "Towards a New Theater."