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Harley Granville Barker, one of the most versatile figures in twentieth-century theatre, was the leader of the campaign to reform the English stage in the Edwardian period.

No one in Barker's generation did more to change British Theatre The Marrying of Ann Leete, is thinly veiled costume drama, using an 18th century tale to reflect on 19th century reality, it follows the story of Ann a "new woman, " surrounded by a society of manoeuvres and lies, The Madras House follows the fortunes of the Madras family at the height of Edwardian expansion of London and the reformation of ideas about society and gender roles, ...

No one in Barker's generation did more to change British Theatre In The Voysey Inheritance, a young man deals with the discovery that the inheritence due to him has been mismanaged by his own parents, A Waste (banned by the Lord Chamberlain) deals with a young man's life thrown away, The Secret Life is a portrait of spendthrift, indolent Edwardian aristocracy, Rococo is a one-act farce set in a vicarage and Vote by Ballot shows the teething tr...