Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946). Actor, director, manager

Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946)



Actor, director, manager


Actor, director, manager, playwrightStage Society, founded to circumvent censorship


Actor, director, managerStage Society, founded to circumvent censorshipCourt Theatre


Actor, director, managerStage Society, founded to circumvent censorshipCourt TheatreBarker-Vedrenne Management company: cheap

productions


Actor, director, managerStage Society, founded to circumvent censorshipCourt TheatreBarker-Vedrenne Management company: cheap

productions1000 performances at Court Theatre, 700 of

them of Shaw plays, with Granville Barker in the lead



The Voysey Inheritance (1905)

Setting: both at home and at the office

The Voysey Inheritance (1905)

Setting: both at home and at the office

Inheritance: Edward Voysey’s inheritancePeacey’s inheritance

Stage directions: directed at readers as well as viewers

Stage directions: directed at readers as well as viewers

Drama becoming literature to be read

Mr. Voysey"splendid life's work"

Mr. Voysey"splendid life's work" "you have to cultivate your own sense of right and

wrong; deal your own justice. But that makes a bigger man of you, let me tell you." (17)

Mr. Voysey"splendid life's work" "you have to cultivate your own sense of right and

wrong; deal your own justice. But that makes a bigger man of you, let me tell you." (17)

Beatrice: "a great financier . . a man of imagination. He had to find scope for his abilities, or die.” (122)

Alice: "You've no right to your money. You've not earned it or deserved it in any way. Therefore, don't be surprised or annoyed if any enterprising person tries to get it from you. He has at least as much right to it as you have . . if he can use it better, he has more right.” (74)

Alice: "You've no right to your money. You've not earned it or deserved it in any way. Therefore, don't be surprised or annoyed if any enterprising person tries to get it from you. He has at least as much right to it as you have . . if he can use it better, he has more right.” (74)

Booth: "I like to feel that my money is doing some good in the world. These mines are very useful things, and forty-two per cent is pleasing." (40)

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year)

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year)Beatrice married Hugh for his money

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year)Beatrice married Hugh for his moneyEthel wants check for wedding

Alice’s inheritance (400 per year)Beatrice married Hugh for his moneyEthel wants check for weddingPeasey wants cash in envelop

Preferred stock (Alguazils preferred)

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred)Atherley Trust

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred)Atherley Trust4 ½ percent (government bonds)

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred)Atherley Trust4 ½ percent (government bonds)Land lease

Preferred shares (Alguazils preferred)Atherley Trust4 ½ percent (government bonds)Land lease Mortages

Trust

Edward. The Atherley Trust.Mr. Voysey. Quite so.Edward. [With one accusing glance.] Trust.

Trust

Edward: "How long has it been going on? Why didn't you tell me before? Oh, I know you thought you'd pull through; but I'm your partner . . don't' think I mean to shirk that, father. Perhaps I ought to have discovered, but those affairs were always in your hand. I trusted . . I beg your pardon. Oh, it's us . . not you. Everyone has trusted us.

Trust

Edward: "How long has it been going on? Why didn't you tell me before? Oh, I know you thought you'd pull through; but I'm your partner . . don't' think I mean to shirk that, father. Perhaps I ought to have discovered, but those affairs were always in your hand. I trusted . . I beg your pardon. Oh, it's us . . not you. Everyone has trusted us.

Trust

Booth: "Considering how absolutely I trusted your father, and believed in him, I think you should at once return me the balance of my capital that there is left.” (105)

Trust

Booth: "Considering how absolutely I trusted your father, and believed in him, I think you should at once return me the balance of my capital that there is left.” (105)

Confidence

Mr. Voysey: “What has carried me to victory? The confidence of my clients. What has earned that confidence? A decent life, my integrity, my brains? No, my reputation for wealth . . that, and nothing else. Business now-a-days is run on the lines of the confidence trick. . . And if one is not opulent in one's daily life one loses that wonderful . . financier's touch. One must be confident oneself."

Confidence

Mr. Voysey: “What has carried me to victory? The confidence of my clients. What has earned that confidence? A decent life, my integrity, my brains? No, my reputation for wealth . . that, and nothing else. Business now-a-days is run on the lines of the confidence trick. . . And if one is not opulent in one's daily life one loses that wonderful . . financier's touch. One must be confident oneself."

Confidence

Mr. Booth: "Too many principles, as I said just now. Men have confidence in a personality, not in principles. Where would you be without the confidence of your clients?" (41)

Confidence

Mr. Booth: "Too many principles, as I said just now. Men have confidence in a personality, not in principles. Where would you be without the confidence of your clients?" (41)

"I have never been able to feel that implicit confidence in your ability which I had in your father's.” (93)

Risk

RiskInterest

RiskInterestDebt

RiskInterestDebt Mr. Voysey: "Never deliver goods to the Church

on credit”

RiskInterestDebt Mr. Voysey: "Never deliver goods to the Church

on credit”

Tax

Hugh: “another currency”

Hugh: “another currency”

Edward’s moral education

Production history

1999 Revived by Mint Theater Company, NYC

Production history

1999 Revived by Mint Theater Company, NYC2006 Adapted and revived by David Mamet,

Atlantic Theater Company

Production history

1999 Revived by Mint Theater Company, NYC2006 Adapted and revived by David Mamet,

Atlantic Theater CompanyMamet cuts the play down to two acts,

modernizes language, right before the financial crisis

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Harley Granville Barker (1877 – 1946). Actor, director, manager