Allan Lewis

Background

Lewis, Allan was born on June 30, 1905 in New York City. Son of Barnett and Rebecca (Ehrlich) Lewis.

Education

Student, Townsend Harris Hall, 1922. Bachelor, City College of New York, 1926. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1929.

Postgraduate, New School Social Research, New York City, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Mexico, 1952.

Career

Actor, Woodstock (New York) Theater, 1926-1927; executive director, New Dramatists Guild, New York City, 1928-1930; department chairman theater, New School for Social Research, 1930-1940; department chairman theater, Bennington (Vermont) College, 1940-1942; professor Shakespearean studies, U. Bridgeport (Connecticut), 1942-1960; department chairman, National U. Mexico, Mexico City, 1960-1965; drama critic, New Haven Register, 1965-1975; director, Shakespeare Theater, Stratford, Connecticut, from 1965. Resource participant Aspen (Colorado) Institute for Humanities.

Achievements

• Allan Lewis has been listed as a notable theater director, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • American Plays & Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre

    (Plays, American Studies, Theatre)

  • American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre
  • El Teatro Moderno

Membership

Member Theater Workshop, Westport, Connecticut Served to Lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945,China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, International Shakespeare Conference (England), American Theatre Association, International Association University Professors English, World Shakespeare Association.

Interests

• Avocations: chess, tennis.

Connections

Married Matilda Ross (divorced). 1 child, Anita; married Brooke Waring, June 24, 1944. 1 child, Lanny.

Father:

Barnett Lewis

Mother:

Rebecca (Ehrlich) Lewis

Spouse:

Matilda Ross

Spouse:

Brooke Waring

child:

Lanny Lewis

child:

Anita Lewis