The Voysey Inheritanceis a play in five acts by the English dramatistHarley Granville-Barker.[1]Written in 1903–1905, it was originally staged at theRoyal Court Theatrein 1905 featuringMabel Hackney,[2]and revived at the same venue in 1965, theRoyal Exchange, Manchesterin 1989 and at theNational Theatrein 1989, and in 2006.[3][4] In 2006, American playwrightDavid Mametwrote what a critic forThe New York Timescalled a "canny new adaptation" of the play for New York'sAtlantic Theatre Company.[5]
Described bySamuel Frenchas "a witty, impeccably crafted portrait of a family in the midst of a surprisingly modern moral dilemma",[6]its subject is financial fraud, on which Ian Clarke wrote, "inThe Voysey Inheritance,the dishonesty implicates not only the individual Voyseys but the institutions, ideology, and economic base of Edwardian England ".[7]
Plot
editEdward's highly principled world upturns when he discovers the family business he is inheriting has been defrauding its clients for years because his father has been illegally speculating with their money. To compound matters, he quickly discovers his large, scandal-fearing family knew of the crime but allowed it to continue rather than face the shame of public disclosure.[8]
Quote
edit"Of course it's pleasant and comfortable to keep within the law... then the law will look after you. Otherwise you have to look pretty sharp after yourself. You have to cultivate your own sense of right and wrong... deal with your own justice. But that makes a bigger man of you, let me tell you."[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Full text of" The Voysey inheritance: a play, in five acts "".
- ^Banham, Martin; Brandon, James R. (21 September 1995).The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.ISBN9780521434379.
- ^Michael Billington."The Voysey Inheritance".The Guardian.
- ^"Theatre review: The Voysey Inheritance at RNT Lyttelton".
- ^Isherwood, Charles (7 December 2006)."The Voysey Inheritance – Theater – Review".Retrieved27 April2018– via NYTimes.com.
- ^"The Voysey Inheritance".
- ^"The Edwardians: Play of the Month: The Voysey Inheritance (BBC, 1979)".SCREEN PLAYS.
- ^Shank, Theodore J., ed. (1977).A Digest of 500 Plays: Plot Outlines and Production Notes.Collier Macmillan. p. 120.ISBN0-02-012690-5.
- ^Bloomsbury.com."The Voysey Inheritance".Bloomsbury Publishing.Retrieved27 April2018.
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