Background
Houghton, Charles Norris was born on December 26, 1909 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles D. Mansfield and Grace (Norris) Houghton.
((Limelight). Director, scenic designer, producer, author,...)
(Limelight). Director, scenic designer, producer, author, educator and pioneer, Norris Houghton has done virtually everything a non-actor can do in the theatre except write a play. His has been a long and wonderfully eventful life, lived among the gifted, the wise, the wealthy, and the powerful; Houghton writes of it with modesty and humor, with a keen eye for the illuminating detail, and with equal relish for the great occasions he created for himself and those into which he was thrust by uncanny circumstance. Above all, he looks back on his eight decades of achievement and failure with total and disarming honesty. The result for the reader is a fascinating journey through most of this century with a gentle but determined man who, in a very real way, has helped to change his world.
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(A penetrating account of the golden age of Soviet Theater...)
A penetrating account of the golden age of Soviet Theater, fresh, vigorous and instructive, a stimulating theater book.
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educator stage director author
Houghton, Charles Norris was born on December 26, 1909 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles D. Mansfield and Grace (Norris) Houghton.
AB, Princeton, 1931; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Denison University, 1959. HHD (honorary), University Louisville, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lynchburg College, 1987.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Miami University, Ohio, 1991.
Lecturer drama, director dramatics, Princeton, 1941-1942;
guest professor drama, Smith College, 1947;
lecturer comparative literature, Columbia, 1948-1954;
producer, director television, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1951-1952;
Adjunct Professor drama, Barnard College, 1954-1958;
co-managing director, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1953-1963;
Adjunct Professor drama, guest director, Experimental Theatre, Vassar College, 1959-1960;
professor drama, director, Experimental Theatre, 1962-1967;
dean division theatre arts, State University New York College, Purchase, 1967-1975;
professor, State University New York College, 1967-1980. Board directors Theatre, Inc., New York City, 1946-1973. Berg. visiting Professor of English New York University, 1976, 80-81.
Bingham professor humanities U. Louisville, 1979.
(A penetrating account of the golden age of Soviet Theater...)
(5 3/4"x8 1/2" 214 page hardcover book on the Soviet theatre)
(Theatre book from Library of poet May sarton)
(First edition.)
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Vice chairman panel American Council on Arts in Education, 1975-1977. Vice president Arts, Education and Americans, Inc., 1977-1984. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Theatre Association.
Member National Council Churches Christ (chairman advisory committee on drama 1954-1957), National Theatre Conference (president 1968-1969), American Council Arts in Education (president 1973-1975), Institute Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts (member advisory council), Theatre Development Fund (board directors 1990-1993), College of Fellow of America Theatre, Century Association (New York City), Phi Beta Kappa.