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''The Voysey Inheritance'' is a play in five acts by the English dramatist Harley Granville-Barker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Full text of "The Voysey inheritance: a play, in five acts" )〕 Written in 1903-5, it was originally staged at the Royal Court Theatre in 1905,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Cambridge Guide to Theatre )〕 and revived more recently at the Royal Court in 1965, and at the National Theatre in 1989, and in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Voysey Inheritance )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Theatre review: The Voysey Inheritance at RNT Lyttelton )〕 In 2006 American playwright David Mamet wrote what a critic for ''The New York Times'' called a "canny new adaptation" of the play for New York's Atlantic Theatre Company.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/theater/reviews/07voys.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%2520Topics/Subjects/T/Theater%3Fref=theater&_r=0〕 Described by Samuel French as "a witty, impeccably crafted portrait of a family in the midst of a surprisingly modern moral dilemma",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Voysey Inheritance )〕 it's subject is financial fraud, on which Ian Clarke wrote, "in ''The Voysey Inheritance'', the dishonesty implicates not only the individual Voyseys but the institutions, ideology, and economic base of Edwardian England".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Edwardians: Play of the Month: The Voysey Inheritance (BBC, 1979) )〕 ==Plot== Edward'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.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Voysey Inheritance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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