{"product_id":"the-secret-life-paperback","title":"The Secret Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarley Granville Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Burnt out...inside.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Joan, THE SECRET LIFE, ACT ONE, Scene 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"[Granville Barker] stands, in my eyes, second to none of his contemporaries.... I do not hesitate to say that I consider [his] plays the biggest things our modern movement has produced.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Archer (1922)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It is a very great thing, that play of yours [THE SECRET LIFE].\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eT E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), 1923 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarley Granville Barker's mostly forgotten masterpiece, THE SECRET LIFE (1923), has had only two productions, none in the United States and none during Barker's lifetime. This rich and deeply personal play, set in post-World War I England, charts a world that has become rudderless and lost, and where love between a one-time rising politician and a woman draped in tragedy cannot be reignited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Heritage of The Actor, included here, written as a companion piece to THE SECRET LIFE, is one of Barker's most concise and brilliant essays on the art of making theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarley Granville Barker, (1877-1946), actor, playwright, director, producer, theatre visionary; his other plays include AGNES COLANDER, THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE, WASTE, THE MADRAS HOUSE, and HIS MAJESTY. Other writings include the multi-volume Prefaces to Shakespeare, The Exemplary Theatre, and A National Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface by Richard Nelson and Colin Chambers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719831621695,"sku":"9780881459357","price":27.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4f9335e338bfe301bb5971fd95351b05.webp?v=1765087032","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-secret-life-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}