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Well-made & not-so-well-made.(The Voysey Inheritance)(Regrets Only)(Theater review)
The term "well-made play" was coined in about 1825 by the French dramatist Eugene Scribe, whose ideal of tightly plotted plays (complete with exposition, peripeteia, and denouement) had a tremendous influence throughout the nineteenth century: its eminent practitioners included Ibsen, Dumas fils, and Pinero. Rebellion against its strictures began with G. B. Shaw, who groused, "Why the devil should a man write like Scribe when he can write like Shakespeare or Moliere, Aristophanes or Euripides?" Nevertheless, the genre is an attractive one and has continued to thrive, whether in or out of fashion, to the present day.
One of the masters of the well-made play was ...
- The Voysey Inheritance
- Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh City Paper Pilecki, Michelle July 22, 2009 700+ words
The Voysey Inheritance IN READING about Bernard...Granville Barker's 1905 play The Voysey Inheritance, now being staged...Don't judge any play just on its looks...sometimes a bit rock% The Voysey Inheritance is crisp, fun and...
- NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS 'THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE': PLAY ADAPTED BY...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 5, 2009 700+ words
...is proud to present The Voysey Inheritance, a play by Harley Granville-Barker...adapted by David Mamet. The Voysey Inheritance will be performed Thursday...his "inheritance." The Voysey Inheritance is a witty portrait of a...
- The Voysey Inheritance. (Long Wharf Theater, New Have, Connecticut)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Disch, Thomas M. December 17, 1990 700+ words
...rich and stopped writing plays. The figure he cut was...artist, and the few plays he did write are hard...any competition. The Voysey Inheritance opens with a revelation...indeed, than in Shaw's plays. But of course the focus...crime, and in this the play is still as fresh as...
- The Voysey Inheritance.(Theater Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Harvey, Dennis March 31, 2005 700+ words
...City Repertory Theater of a play in two acts by Harley Granville...century British "well-made plays"--penned before those angry...Granville-Barker's "The Voysey Inheritance." We're assured this work...Since the late '70s his plays have enjoyed a minor resurgence...
- First Enron, then Tyco, and now 'Voysey'.(ROAMING SPOTLIGHT)(The Voysey...
- Magazine article from: American Theatre Gener April 1, 2005 700+ words
...Granville-Barker's 1905 melodrama The Voysey Inheritance can match it resonantly, point for dishonest point. In the play, the law firm of Voysey & Son...Granville-Barker's trenchant play isn't about "greed is bad...
- Soldier of misfortune; Phaedra Motortown Royal Court Theatre, London 1hr 40mins...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) April 30, 2006 700+ words
...this week, it stages a new play about life in contemporary...cleaned so easily. Stephens's play concerns a squaddie, Danny...wonderfully rich drama The Voysey Inheritance. Premiered 100 years ago at...this is a hugely satisfying play which has much to say about...
- Atlantic adds to 'Voysey' run.(LEGIT BITS)(Atlantic Theater Company to extend...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon January 12, 2007 700+ words
...received revival of "The Voysey Inheritance." The extended...Harley Granville Barker play that stars Michael...the first National "Play Right" MFA 10-minute play competition and program...and see their short plays staged in a production...
- Words fill 'Voysey' with little to enjoy.(SHOW)(THEATER)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 13, 2005 700+ words
...it. Mr. Barker's play details Edward's efforts...would see on CNN, as a play, "The Voysey Inheritance," directed with diligent...dramaturg Gavin Witt, the play feels dated and lugubrious...protagonist. Mr. Stevens plays him as a kindhearted...
Source: HighBeam Research, Well-made & not-so-well-made.(The Voysey Inheritance)(Regrets...