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Granville-Barker, Harley
Granville-Barker, Harley (1877–1946), became director at the Royal Court Theatre, producing Shakespeare, many classics, the work of modern dramatists, and his own The Voysey Inheritance (1905), and above all establishing the reputation of G. B. Shaw. At the Savoy he produced in 1910 his The Madras House and in 1912 two productions, The Winter's Tale and Twelfth Night, which revolutionized the presentation of Shakespeare. An apron stage, simple settings, an authentic text, and swift continuity of action were new to critics and public. Barker produced five series of Prefaces (1927–47) covering twelve of Shakespeare's plays. These studies broke new ground in presenting the producer's rather than the scholar's point of view. Among much other writing, lectures, and broadcasts he published On Dramatic Method (1931), On Poetry in Drama (1937), and The Use of Drama (1946).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Granville-Barker, Harley." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Granville-Barker, Harley." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GranvilleBarkerHarley.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Granville-Barker, Harley." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GranvilleBarkerHarley.html |
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Harley Granville-Barker
Harley Granville-Barker 1877–1946, English dramatist, actor, producer, and critic. As comanager of the Court Theatre from 1904 to 1907 he was an advocate and producer of "uncommercial" and experimental theater in his time. Granville-Barker was the chief producer of the plays of new dramatists as well as those of the great masters; he presented the works of Euripides, Shakespeare, Schnitzler, Shaw, and Galsworthy. His own realistic dramas, including The Voysey Inheritance (1905), Waste (1907), and The Madras House (1910), were not remarkable successes. After 1918, he devoted himself almost entirely to writing, lecturing, and scholarship, and achieved literary distinction with his Prefaces to Shakespeare (6 vol. 1927–46).
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"Harley Granville-Barker." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Harley Granville-Barker." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-GranvillB.html "Harley Granville-Barker." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-GranvillB.html |
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