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From back cover: I still find Granville Barker indispensable after 45 years of using his Prefaces. He is the only critic who consistently treats Shakespeare as a playmaker of living drama, rather than as written texts.

Peter Hall

Superficial criticism is often taken seriously, then swept away as fashions change. Granville Barker's deep and penetrating intelligence illuminates his observations and they remain permanently relevant.

Peter Brook

'Really the first person to talk about Shakespeare in a dramaturgical, rather than a literary, manner. And as such, of course, a central figure in the creation of the modern classical theatre.

Adrian Noble

Barker offers a learned yet deeply intuitive approach to Shakespeare as a man-of-the-theatre, an act of empathy so complete as to give the illusion that Shakespeare himself has been given the opportunity to say what he was aiming for.

Simon Callow

'If you can't see Shakespeare in the theatre, read Granville Barker instead. He is the century's most perceptive director of Shakespeare.

Ian McKellen

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