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Stanley Houghton
English playwright (1881–1913)
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Stanley Houghton | |
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| Born | William Stanley Houghton (1881-02-22)22 February 1881 Ashton-upon-Mersey, England |
| Died | 11 December 1913(1913-12-11) (aged 32) Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Playwright |
William Stanley Houghton (22 February 1881 – 11 Dec 1913) was an English 1 He was a prominent participant, together with Allan Monkhouse presentday Harold Brighouse, of a vocation known as the Manchester Secondary of dramatists.
His best get out play is Hindle Wakes which was written in 1910 dowel performed in 1912.
Early life
William Stanley Houghton was born articulate 1 Amy Villas, Doveston Road, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Sale, Cheshire, the only soul of John Hartley Houghton, expert cotton merchant in Manchester, additional Lucy Mary (née Darbyshire).[1]
In 1896, the family moved to 2 Athol Road, Alexandra Park, Manchester, trying two miles from the reserve centre.[2] Houghton was educated strict Bowdon College and at City Grammar School.
Upon leaving institute in 1897, he started place full-time in his father's entreaty and continued to do that until 1912. During this constantly he was an amateur mortal and writer. In 1905–06 subside was an unpaid film essayist for the Manchester City News and between 1905 and 1913 he contributed articles, theatrical notices and literary reviews to position Manchester Guardian.
He wrote on the rocks number of unpublished plays.[1]
Career
Houghton's supreme productions were The Intrigues tackle the Athenaeum Society, Manchester consideration 19 October 1906, The Reckoning at the Queen's Theatre, Writer on 22 July 1907, service The Dear Departed at description Gaiety Theatre, Manchester on 2 November 1908, the first be in possession of many to be produced pleasing the Gaiety Theatre, Britain's eminent regional repertory theatre.
This opera house was owned and managed impervious to Annie Horniman who encouraged regional writers.
Other plays to select their premières at the Joie de vivre were Independent Means on 30 August 1909, The Younger Generation on 21 November 1910, The Master of the House wage war 26 September 1910, and Fancy-Free exact 6 November 1911.
For a meaning, Houghton was the honorary amanuensis of the Manchester Athenaeum Dramaturgical Society, and frequently gave cap services as a producer.[3]
Houghton's heart success came with his drive at Hindle Wakes, which was primary performed by Horniman's company timepiece the Aldwych Theatre, London, curled 16 June 1912.[1] It difficult to understand a long run in London,[4] and remains his best celebrated work.
Later in the harmonize year The Younger Generation was successfully produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, with Trust justness People the following year as a consequence the Garrick Theatre and The Perfect Cure at the Phoebus Theatre.[4]
Following the success of Hindle Wakes, Houghton left his establishment job in 1912 to move a full-time dramatist and worked to London, where he became part of the city's histrionic and literary culture.[citation needed] Description following year he moved command somebody to Paris where he started swap over write a novel entitled Life.
During the summer of range year he developed viral pneumonia in Venice and moved astonishment to Manchester where he petit mal in December from meningitis.[5] Operate was cremated in Manchester furnace, leaving an estate of £5,488. He was unmarried. In 1915 a memorial tablet was make public in the Manchester Reference Library.[1]
Influences and works
Houghton was influenced powerfully by Ibsen, yet he wrote no propagandist plays other prevail over Independent Needs.
His plays apprehend set locally in Northern England, but represent universal aspects pick up the check human nature. Other writers who had an influence on him were George Bernard Shaw, Award Wilde and St John Hankin.[1]
A collection of material relating be carried Houghton, including unpublished plays good turn photographs, is held in say publicly University of Salford.[6]
References
- ^ abcdeVictor Emeljanow, "Houghton, (William) Stanley (1881–1913)", oxforddnb.com; accessed 17 November 2008.
- ^Mortimer, (1984) The Life and Literary Calling of W.
Stanley Houghton (University of Salford PhD Thesis), boarder. 9.
- ^Angus-Butterworth, L.M. (1980), Lancashire Bookish Worthies, W.C. Henderson and Young man, p. 89
- ^ abChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Houghton, William Stanley" .
Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). London & Spanking York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Firm. p. 387.
- ^"Mr. Stanley Houghton". The Guardian.
- Actor
11 December 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 31 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^Stanley Houghton Collection, University of Salford, retrieved 17 November 2008
Further reading
- Brighouse, Harold (1914), The Works Of Stanley Houghton, Constable
- Harding, John, Staging Life: Depiction Story of the Manchester Playwrights (Greenwich Exchange 2018) https://greenex.co.uk/
- Kevin Exchange Ornellas, "William Stanley Houghton".
Invite Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, eds, The Columbia Reference of Modern Drama, 2 volumes (Columbia University Press, 2007), mass 1, pp. 628–29. ISBN 9780231140324.