Background
Hays, David Arthur was born on June 2, 1930 in New York City. Son of Mortimer and Sarah (Reich) Hays.
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Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Directors and Actors - And the Rest of Us by Hays, David (2004) Paperback
(Revised)
Revised
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Z8EAS0U/?tag=2022091-20
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060976969/?tag=2022091-20
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn Hardcover - January 5, 1995
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010EVZMT8/?tag=2022091-20
Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Directors and Actors - And the Rest of Us
(Offers a problem-solving approach that provides a thoroug...)
Offers a problem-solving approach that provides a thorough knowledge of the craft. Also draws from literary quotations on light and its effects. "David Hays has always been a brilliant designer. Now he is a brilliant teacher" -Hal Prince
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879101261/?tag=2022091-20
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn by David Hays, Daniel Hays (1995) Hardcover
(1st)
1st
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZVOQDME/?tag=2022091-20
Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Actors and Directors, and the Rest of Us
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8170460522/?tag=2022091-20
My Old Man and the Sea 1st (first) edition Text Only
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QX4H38/?tag=2022091-20
- Airborne + Gypsy Moth Circles the World + My Old Man and The Sea + The Cruise of the Snark + God-Forsaken Sea + Sailing Alone Around the World (NAUTICAL CLASSICS - Limited Signed Edition)
- Nautical Classics: Airborne, Gispy Moth Circles the World, Cruise of the Snark, Sailing Alone Around the World, My Old Man and the Sea, and Godforsaken Sea
- My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn by David Hays (1995-01-05)
David Arthur Hays
Edit ProfileStage designer theater producer
Education
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1952. Master of Fine Arts (teaching fellow), Boston University, 1955. Postgraduate, Yale Drama School, 1954.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Gallaudet College, 1975. Doctor of Arts (honorary), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1986. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Connecticut College, 1992.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Manhattanville College, 1997. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Emerson College, 1998.
Career
Teacher stage designing New York University, 1961-1962, Boston University, 1963. Assistant professor Columbia University, 1964-1965, Connecticut College, since 1971. Guest lecturer English Harvard University, 1977, 79.
Technical adviser Kabuki tour United States, Japan, 1960. Visiting committee on performing arts Harvard board overseers. Consultant George Balanchine New York State Theater, 1963.
Designer Mummer's Theater, Oklahoma City, 1960.
Achievements
Works
book
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Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Directors and Actors - And the Rest of Us
(Offers a problem-solving approach that provides a thoroug...)
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Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Directors and Actors - And the Rest of Us by Hays, David (2004) Paperback
(Revised)
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My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn by David Hays, Daniel Hays (1995) Hardcover
(1st)
- Airborne + Gypsy Moth Circles the World + My Old Man and The Sea + The Cruise of the Snark + God-Forsaken Sea + Sailing Alone Around the World (NAUTICAL CLASSICS - Limited Signed Edition)
- Nautical Classics: Airborne, Gispy Moth Circles the World, Cruise of the Snark, Sailing Alone Around the World, My Old Man and the Sea, and Godforsaken Sea
- My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
- My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn by David Hays (1995-01-05)
- My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn Hardcover - January 5, 1995
- Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Actors and Directors, and the Rest of Us
- My Old Man and the Sea 1st (first) edition Text Only
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Light on the Subject: Stage Lighting for Directors and Actors - And the Rest of Us
Membership
Panelist New York State Council on Arts, 1970-1975, National Education Association, 1977-1979, 94. Board directors Sholem Aleichem Foundation, New York City. Member PhiBeta Kappa, Sociètè Nautique de Casablanca, Century Association, Harvard Club.
Connections
Married Lenore Landau, December 28, 1954. Children: Julia Carrie, Daniel Edward.
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Nationality
American
Education
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Fulbright grantee to Old Vic London, 1952-1953, Ford Foundation grantee to design an ideal theatre, 1959-1961. Recipient Obie awards for The Quare Fellow, 1958, Obie awards for The Balcony, 1960, Critic's Poll Best Designer award for No Strings, 1962, Annual award New England Theater Conference, 1967, Annual National Governor award, 1992, Alumni award Boston University, 1980, 94, University Connecticut, 1987, Harvard Arts award, 1999.Fulbright grantee to Old Vic London, 1952-1953, Ford Foundation grantee to design an ideal theatre, 1959-1961. Recipient Obie awards for The Quare Fellow, 1958, Obie awards for The Balcony, 1960, Critic's Poll Best Designer award for No Strings, 1962, Annual award New England Theater Conference, 1967, Annual National Governor award, 1992, Alumni award Boston University, 1980, 94, University Connecticut, 1987, Harvard Arts award, 1999.