| The Voysey Inheritance Contributor(s): Granville Barker, Harley Granville (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413776093 ISBN-13: 9780413776099 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Edward's highly principled world is turned upside down when his father reveals that he has been illegally speculating with clients' money. To make matters worse, he discovers his scandal-fearing family would perpetuate the crime rather than risk public dishonor. This work is a portrait of an upper-middle-class family. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| LCCN: 2006497578 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Financial chicanery and ethical conflict in early twentieth-century classic being revived at the National Theatre Edward's highly principled world is turned upside down when his father reveals that he has been illegally speculating with clients' money. To make matters worse, he soon discovers his large, scandal-fearing family would perpetuate the crime rather than risk public dishonour. 'Of course it's pleasant and comfortable to keep within the law . . . then the law will look after you. Otherwise you have to look pretty sharp after yourself. You have to cultivate your own sense of right and wrong . . . deal with your own justice. But that makes a bigger man of you, let me tell you.' This magnificently observed, hugely enjoyable portrait of an upper-middle-class family was written by the father of 20th-century British theatre, Harley Granville Barker, ten years before the First World War finally sent old values flying.The play was first staged at the Court Theatre, London, in 1904. It opens at the Royal National Theatre on 18 April 2006. |