Born into an acting family, Ellen Terry became internationally renowned from her early days as a child actor to filling leading roles in the Lyceum Theatre in the West End of London, and on tour. She performed her own lectures on Shakespeare in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand, and in later life acted in several films. She was involved in many charity events, including the one in the annotated programme.
Ellen was married three times, but her only children resulted from a sevenyear relationship with architect Edward William Godwin (1833-1886). The couple's daughter, Edith Craig (1869-1947), was a prominent theatre director, responsible for women's suffrage plays and pageants, and a leader of British art theatre and amateur theatre. Their son, Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), was an actor, director…
