Granville-Barker

American

[gran-vil-bahr-ker] / ˈgræn vɪlˈbɑr kər /

noun

Harley, 1877–1946, English dramatist, actor, and critic.

Granville-Barker British

/ ˈɡrænvɪlˈbɑːkə /

noun

Harley. 1877–1946, English dramatist, theatre director, and critic, noted particularly for his Prefaces to Shakespeare (1927–47)

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Nelson includes a telling quote from a hero of his, the early-20th-century theater artist Harley Granville-Barker:

From New York Times

Even more so, in its concern with Britain's middle-class and its morality under pressure, Versailles evokes the Edwardian playwright Harley Granville-Barker.

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