Harley Granville-Barker

Harley Granville-Barker (25 November 1877 – 31 August 1946) was an English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist. After early success as an actor in the plays of George Bernard Shaw he increasingly turned to directing and was a major figure in British theatre in the Edwardian and inter-war periods. As a writer his plays, which tackled difficult and controversial subject matter, met with a mixed reception during his lifetime but have continued to receive attention.

His first wife was the actress Lillah McCarthy (qv) . They were married in 1906 but divorced in 1918.

Plays authored

Past productions

Playwright, Waste, Royal Shakespeare Company 24^th May (press night) – 27^th July 1985, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
Playwright, Waste, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th January 1985 (press night), Pit, London.
Translation, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Floorboards Theatre Productions 21^st February – 31^st March 1984, Upstream Theatre Club, London SE1.
Playwright, The Marrying of Ann Leete, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th September 1975 (press night), Aldwych Theatre, London.
Translator/Adaptor, The Romantic Young Lady 3^rd – 28^th May 1949, Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1971 onwards).
Translation, Anatol, Gate Theatre Club started 9^th October 1935, Gate Theatre Club, Notting Hill.
Director, The Voysey Inheritance 3^rd May – 9^th June 1934, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London and Shaftesbury Theatre (1888 – closed 1941), London.
Translation, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Anmer Hall 8^th November – 16^th December 1933, Westminster Theatre, London.
Translation, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Anmer Hall started 22^nd October 1928, Royal Court Theatre, London.
Director, The Madras House 30^th November 1925 – 27^th February 1926, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1913 – 1914, Savoy Theatre, London.
Director, Twelfth Night 15^th November 1912 – 15^th March 1913, Savoy Theatre, London.

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