Granville Barker and the Dream of Theatre

Name: Granville Barker and the Dream of Theatre
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ISBN: 9780521379960

ISBN-10: 0521379962

ISBN-13: 9780521379960

Edition: N/A

Authors: Dennis Kennedy

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This is the first full treatment of Harley Granville Barker's active work in the theatre. It sheds new light on the actor, director, manager, playwright and critic who was one of the most fascinating and versatile men of the twentieth-century stage, and provides vivid accounts of the crucial productions of the time. Granville Barker was the chief force in establishing a place in Edwardian London for the 'New Drama' of Shaw and the European playwrights, and he also became known for his revolutionary productions of Shakespeare and Euripides. By 1915 he was generally regarded as the most important theatre artist in England. Using original documents and contemporary press reports, Dennis…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/18/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface



Dreaming a Theatre



Creating a New Drama



The Court productions



Shaw's natural son



The man of affairs



The limits of naturalism



Shakespeare alive



A wide-awake dream



Opening the stage



Ploughing the sands: the dream of a national theatre


Appendix


Notes


References


Index.