LC control no. | n 79084024 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PR6013.R29 |
Personal name heading | Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946 |
Variant(s) | Barker, Granville, 1877-1946 Barker, Harley Granville-, 1877-1946 Granville-Barker, Harley Granville, 1877-1946 |
Birth date | 1877 |
Death date | 1946 |
Found in | His Three plays, 1909. María Martínez Sierra, 2022: ECIP t.p. (Harley Granville-Barker) galley (b. 1877; d. 1946; actor, playwright, director, producer, and theatre visionary; his plays include The Voysey Inheritance, Waste, The Madras House, and The Secret Life; key figure in the movement to transform British theatre, he was a champion of ensemble playing and the repertory system; he ran ground-breaking seasons at the RoyalCourt (1904-7) and his Shakespeare productions at the Savoy Theatre (1912 and 1914) were considered revolutionary; following his marriage to Helen in 1918, he dedicated his life to writing; as well as translating with Helen and completing two full-length plays, he also wrote numerous essays, articles, and reviews, a major book on the theatre, four others based on his lectures, and his influential Prefaces to Shakespeare) |