{"product_id":"9780413675309","title":"Granville Barker Plays: 1 Voysey Inheritance; Waste; The Secret Life; Rococo; Vote by Ballot","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWorld Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGranville Barker Plays: 1\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVoysey Inheritance; Waste; The Secret Life; Rococo; Vote by Ballot\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHarley Granville Barker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarley Granville Barker was the most brilliant British director of the first quarter of the twentieth century. His best known plays, including \u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e (banned by the Lord Chamberlain), were written as contributions to his Company's repertoire of provocative modern drama for a national theatre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Voysey Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e, a young man deals with the discovery that the inheritence due to him has been mismanaged by his own parents; \u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young man's whose life has been thrown away; \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of spendthrift, indolent Edwardian aristocracy; \u003ci\u003eRococo\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-act farce set in a vicarage and \u003ci\u003eVote by Ballot\u003c\/i\u003e shows the teething troubles of mass democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a companion to \u003ci\u003eHarley Granville Plays Two\u003c\/i\u003e, which contains \u003ci\u003eThe Marrying of Ann Leete\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Madras House\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHis Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFarewell to the Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHarley Granville Barker \u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eWaste;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Madras House\u003c\/i\u003e, first produced at Duke of York's Theatre, 1910; \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e His Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e, which received its first production at the Edinburgh International Festival by Orange Tree Theatre Company in 1992.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 October 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780413675309\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e472\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369779232908,"sku":"9780413675309","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ad5e265b-c43d-47cd-9f53-4fed3ee0c424.jpg?v=1783880410","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780413675309","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}