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
- Agnes Colander
- Farewell to the Theatre
- A Hundred Years Old
- The Kingdom of God
- The Madras House
- The Marrying of Ann Leete
- Prunella
- The Secret Lie
- The Secret Life
- The Voysey Inheritance
- Waste
Past productions
- Playwright, Waste, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Playwright, Waste, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Translation, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Floorboards Theatre Productions
- Playwright, The Marrying of Ann Leete, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Translator/Adaptor, The Romantic Young Lady
- Translation, Anatol, Gate Theatre Club
- Director, The Voysey Inheritance
- Translation, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Anmer Hall
- Translation, The Lady from Alfaqueque, Anmer Hall
- Director, The Madras House
- Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Director, Twelfth Night