📱 eBook en inglés GRACE PERVADES

People arguing, that isnt theatre. People making points. And whats more, you and I dont belong in drawing rooms. Drawing rooms cant contain us. We need courts and palaces and cathedrals. Theres scale for us there. We can move our elbows. Little rooms give us no space.

Henry Irving believes that theatre is the only thing that matters. Ellen Terry believes its more important to be a decent human being. Ellens daughter Edith Craig believes theatre can change society, but her son Edward Gordon Craig dreams only of a theatre free from actors and dialogue. Together, but in very different ways, they develop the paths which lead to the modern British theatre.

David Hares magnificent play opened at Theatre Royal Bath, in June 2025.