around 1913 kessler commissioned edward gordon craig, an english theatrical designer and theoretician, to make woodcut illustrations for a sumptuous edition of shakespeare's "hamlet" for the cranach press. a german translation by gerhart hauptmann, with illustrations by craig, was finally published in weimar in 1928. the english version, edited by j. dover wilson, came out in 1930. this book, printed on fine paper, using different type-faces, with marginal notes with source quotations, and featuring craig's woodcuts, is regarded by many as one of the finest examples of the printer's art to have been published in the 20th century. it is still sought by collectors worldwide.