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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Date: 19960101
Author:PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND

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 ,

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