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Author:   Harley Granville Barker ,  Colin Chambers (Author, Kingston University, UK) ,  Richard Nelson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Edition:   HPOD
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9781474294836

ISBN 10:   1474294839
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   07 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Introduction Part One: The Art of the Theatre 1) 1909: “Repertory Theatres” (from The New Quarterly) 2) 1920: “The School of ‘The Only Possible Theatre’” (from The Drama) 3) 1922: “Production of a Play” (from The Exemplary Theatre) 4) 1923: “The Heritage of the Actor” (from Quarterly Review) 5) 1925: “On Translating Plays” (from Essays by Divers Hands) 6) 1928-29: “Hints on Rehearsing a Play” (from The Amateur Dramatic Year Book) 7) 1931: “The Natural Law of Theatre” (from On Dramatic Method, the Clark Lectures 1930) 8) 1931: “A Word About Form” (from On Dramatic Method) 9) 1938: “Quality” (Presidential Address to the English Association) Part Two: Other Theatres 10) 1911: “Two German Theatres” (from Fortnightly Review) 11) 1911: “Introduction” to Three Plays by Maeterlinck 12) 1917: “At the Moscow Art Theater” (from The Manchester Guardian and The Seven Arts Chronicle) 13) 1928: “Introduction” to Plays by Tolstoy 14) 1928: “Ibsen’s Centenary”(from The Observer) 15) 1930: “The Coming of Ibsen” (From The 1880s) Part Three: The Future of Theatre 16) 1910: “Theatre: The Next Phase” (from The English Review) 17) 1919: “Reconstruction in the Theatre” (from The Times) 18) 1922: “Some Current Difficulties” (from The Exemplary Theatre) 19) 1931: “Preface” to Little Plays of St. Francis by Laurence Housman 20) 1946: “A Theatre That Might Be” (from The Use of the Drama) Bibliography Further Reading

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Harley Granville Barker (1877-1946) was the one of the most brilliant British directors of the first quarter of the 20th century. His plays include Waste, The Voysey Inheritance and The Secret Life. Colin Chambers has been a journalist, an academic and the Literary Manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1981-97). With Richard Nelson, he co-wrote Kenneth’s First Play and Tynan (both RSC). His books include The Story of Unity Theatre, Peggy and The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre (editor). He is Professor Emeritus at Kingston University, UK. Richard Nelson is a playwright and director. Plays include The Apple Family Plays, Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award Best Play), Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination Best Play) and Some Americans Abroad (Olivier nomination Best Comedy). His musicals include James Joyce’s The Dead, for which he won a Tony Award. He is an honorary Associate Artist of the RSC.

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