Editing Edward Burne-Jones (section)

===Design for the theatre===
In 1894, theatrical manager and actor [[Henry Irving]] commissioned Burne-Jones to design sets and costumes for the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Theatre]] production of ''King Arthur'' by [[J. Comyns Carr]], who was Burne-Jones's patron and the director of the New Gallery as well as a playwright. The play starred Irving as [[King Arthur]] and [[Ellen Terry]] as [[Guinevere]], and toured America following its London run.{{sfn|Wildman|1998|p= 315}}{{sfn|Wood|1999| p= 119}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 1895 |title=Miss Terry as Guinevere; In a Play by Comyns Carr, Dressed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E7DF1E3DE433A25756C0A9679D94649ED7CF |access-date=8 August 2008}}</ref> Burne-Jones accepted the commission with enthusiasm, but was disappointed with much of the final result. He wrote confidentially to his friend Helen Mary Gaskell (known as May), "The armour is good—they have taken pains with it ... Perceval looked the one romantic thing in it ... I hate the stage, don't tell—but I do."{{sfn|Wood|1999| p= 120}}