The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.1825  Monday, 22 September 2003

From:           David Lindley <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date:           Friday, 19 Sep 2003 14:20:54 GMT0BST
Subject: 14.1820 Harley Granville-Barker
Comment:        Re: SHK 14.1820 Harley Granville-Barker

Clifford Stetner notes:

>In 1914 G-B produced MND at the Savoy, replacing the conventional
>Mendelsohn with English folk songs.

In which, of course he was following the lead of William Poel, who in
many of his productions used Arnold Dolmetsch to provide 'authentic'
music - or pastiche presumably composed by Dolmetsch himself.

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