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Harley Granville-Barker

HARLEY GRANVILLE-BARKER

  (1877 - 1946)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    The Society of Authors  

Harley Granville-Barker (born Harley Granville Barker; stage name, Granville Barker; hyphenated surname adopted later; born 25 November 1877, London, died 31 august 1946, Paris) was an English actor-manager, director, producer, critic and playwright.

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         Anatol         Don Abel Wrote a Tragedy         Donna Clarines         Farewell To the theatre         His Majesty         Love Passes By         Madras House, The         Marrying Of Ann Leete, The         Peace and Quiet         PrunElla Or Love In A Dutch Garden         Rococco         Secret Life, The         Vote By Ballot         Voysey Inheritance, The         Waste

Anatol

Anatol
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler

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1st Published:
Fredonia Books 2003   978-1410102942

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Don Abel Wrote a Tragedy

Synopsis:
A government clerk writes a play - but it flops

Notes:
Original Playwright - Joaquin Alvarez Quintero

1st Produced:
Arts Theatre, London    13 Jan 1944

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Comedies" published by Sidgwick and Jackson   -

Music:
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Translation

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Donna Clarines

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Joaquin Alvarez Quintero

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Comedies" published by Sidgwick and Jackson   -

Music:
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Farewell To the theatre

Synopsis:
a famous actress decides that the time has come to retire. She talks to her lawyer about her reasons. and they remember the missed opportunities of the past, and contemplate the realities of the future.This extraordinarily beautiful one-act play was written at the height of the First World War and coincided with Granville Barker's own disillusionment with the possibility for a progressive theatre in Britain. But it's also a plea for the enduring value of theatre, especially one which speaks the truth

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1st Produced:
-    1916

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Genre:
One act

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His Majesty

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Love Passes By

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Joaquin Alvarez Quintero

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Comedies" published by Sidgwick and Jackson   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Madras House, The

Synopsis:
at the Huxtable household are six spinster sisters. at the Madras Drapery Emporium are the mannequins who speak no english and have to parade the latest fashions for the rich clientele. Both sets of women trapped. Constantine Madras the founder of the business has retired and converted to Islam. Philips his son just wants to get rid of the business and do his own thing with his new wife

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1st Published:
Sidgwick and Jackson, London 1910   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Marrying Of Ann Leete, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Royalty Theatre, London    26 Jan 1902

Organisations:
Stage Society (a private performance)

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays" published by Sidgwick and Jackson 1909   -

Music:
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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Peace and Quiet

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Joaquin Alvarez Quintero

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Comedies" published by Sidgwick and Jackson   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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PrunElla Or Love In A Dutch Garden

PrunElla Or Love In A Dutch Garden
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Notes:
Written by Laurence Houseman And H Granville Barker

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Sidgwick & Jackson 1911   -

Music:
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Rococco

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1917   -

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Genre:
One act

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Secret Life, The

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Vote By Ballot

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Short Plays" published by Sidgwick and Jackson 1917   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

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Voysey Inheritance, The

Synopsis:
Edward Voysey has taken over the family business and he discovers that for two generations the company has been embezzling its clients

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, London    07 Nov 1905

Organisations:
Vedrenne-Barker Matinee

1st Published:
Sidgwick and Jackson, London 1913   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Waste

Waste
Henry Trebell a politician is trying to get a bill through Parliament to disestablish the Church of england. He is brought down and commits suicide when it is revealed that he is having an affair with a married woman who has had an abortion

Notes:
refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, Westminster, London    24 Nov 1907

Organisations:
Stage Society (private performance)

1st Published:
Sidgwick and Jackson 1909   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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