Craven, Hawes

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 700+ words | Copyright

Craven, Hawes [ Henry Hawes Craven Green] (1837–1910), English scene-painter, of a theatrical family, who served his apprenticeship under the scene-painter at the Britannia Theatre, London. His first outstanding designs were for Wilkie Collins's The Lighthouse (1857) at the Olympic Theatre, and he also worked at Covent Garden, Drury Lane, and at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. His finest work was for Irving at the Lyceum, where he was considered the equal of Stanfield and Beverley in craftsmanship, and their superior in his grasp of theatrical essentials. His scenery for Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, W. G. Wills's Faust, and Tennyson's Becket was particularly admired. As an innovator he ranks with de Loutherbourg, and he was a pioneer in the skilful use of the newly introduced electric lighting.

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