Waste: A Tragedy in Four Acts (1906): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Waste: A Tragedy in Four Acts (1906), credited to Harley Granville-Barker, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Waste: A Tragedy in Four Acts (1906) by Harley Granville-Barker. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Set in Edwardian England, Waste is a story of politics, religion and adulterous scandal. First published in 1906-7, the play was refused by the Lord Chamberlain and could therefore only be staged privately. Granville-Barker revised his play many times until it was publicly staged in 1936. The playwright included a note to H. M. Harwood in his revised edition (first published April, 1927) stating, in part: “I doubt if one scrap of the old dialogue survives; the story and the characters are here, that is all.” This Librivox recording uses the original (1906-7) script. - Summary by Brian Fullen

Recording facts

• Recording title: Waste: A Tragedy in Four Acts (1906)
• Author credits: Harley Granville-Barker
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 4:04:17

Catalogue topics

• religion
• drama
• women's rights
• politicians

Track guide

1. 01 - Act 1 — 48:32
2. 02 - Act 2 — 1:09:15
3. 03 - Act 3 — 1:19:17
4. 04 - Act 4 — 47:13

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