{"product_id":"9780413675309","title":"Granville Barker Plays: 1 : Voysey Inheritance; Waste; The Secret Life; Rococo; Vote by Ballot","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGranville Barker Plays: 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Harley Granville Granville Barker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarley Granville Barker was the most brilliant British director of the first quarter of the twentieth century. His best known plays, including \u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e (banned by the Lord Chamberlain), were written as contributions to his Company's repertoire of provocative modern drama for a national theatre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Voysey Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e, a young man deals with the discovery that the inheritence due to him has been mismanaged by his own parents; \u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young man's whose life has been thrown away; \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of spendthrift, indolent Edwardian aristocracy; \u003ci\u003eRococo\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-act farce set in a vicarage and \u003ci\u003eVote by Ballot\u003c\/i\u003e shows the teething troubles of mass democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a companion to \u003ci\u003eHarley Granville Plays Two\u003c\/i\u003e, which contains \u003ci\u003eThe Marrying of Ann Leete\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Madras House\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHis Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFarewell to the Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413675309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593561452750,"sku":"9780413675309","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_17e468db-5376-4ed9-a27a-f3d725189133.jpg?v=1637790104","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413675309","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}