People

Harley Granville-Barker

1877 - 1946

All-round theatre practitioner who was responsible for championing George Bernard Shaw at the experimental Court Theatre where he produced many of his plays from 1904. He also is credited with revolutionising the way Shakespeare could be staged with a degree of naturalism.

Actor

Play Title	Playwright
How He Lied to Her Husband	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
John Bull's Other Island	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
Major Barbara	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
Man and Superman	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
The Devil's Disciple	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
The Doctor's Dilemma	George Bernard (GB) Shaw

Director

Play Title	Playwright
Androcles and the Lion	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
John Bull's Other Island	George Bernard (GB) Shaw
The Philanderer	George Bernard (GB) Shaw

Assistant Director

Play Title	Playwright
Man and Superman	George Bernard (GB) Shaw

Premiered In 2021

Medicine

Distortion

Once Upon A Bridge

Duck Duck Goose

Into the Dark Woods

Latest Playography Update

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Updated 27 Oct 2022

Playwright
Carmel Winters, Enda Walsh, Iseult Golden, Sarah Hanly, John Connors, Shane O'Reilly, Nancy Harris, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Feli Speaks, Gina Moxley, Abbie Spallen, Michael West, Shaun Dunne, Manchán Magan, Eva O'Connor, Edna O'Brien, Aoife Martyn, Arthur Riordan, Andrea Molino, John O'Donovan (2), Deirdre Kinahan, Zoe Ní Riordáin, Karen Cogan, Jimmy Murphy, Ursula Rani Sarma, Zhu Yi, Pom Boyd, Stacey Gregg, Thomas Kane Byrne, Sinéad Burke, Dermot Bolger, Carys D. Coburn, Meadhbh McHugh, Colm Keegan (2), Phillip McMahon, Darach Mac Con Iomaire, Sonya Kelly, Margaret Perry, Joseph O'Connor (1), Kit de Waal, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, Keith James Walker, Mark O'Halloran, Una McKevitt, Blindboy Boatclub, Emmet Kirwan, Rosaleen McDonagh, David Ireland, Jody O'Neill
Company
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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