Actor or Second Player–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, Act 2, Scene 3

Edward Gordon Craig|William Shakespeare

ca. 1928 · Wood engraving on vellum; proof · Drawings and Prints

This image comes from a set of illustrations to Hamlet that Craig worked on for seventeen years, developed from prints originally made around 1909–10 to demonstrate his revolutionary ideas for a production staged by the Moscow Art Theatre in 1912. A fine German illustrated edition integrating Craig's images with the text appeared in 1929, printed by Count Harry Kessler at the Cranach Press in Weimar, with a version in English following in 1930. The present sheet comes from a set of proofs issued with deluxe versions of the bound text.

Artist

Edward Gordon Craig|William Shakespeare

Date

ca. 1928

Medium

Wood engraving on vellum; proof

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1953