John Hanners

Background

Hanners, John was born on September 28, 1945 in Hemel Hempstead, England. Son of Deon D. and Ruth (Ambrose) Hanners.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Eastern Illinois University, 1972. Master of Arts, Indiana State University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1979.

Career

Graduate assistant Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1972-1974. Teacher, football coach Griffith (Indiana) High School, 1974-1977. Actor Michigan Performing Arts Company, East Lansing, 1977-1979.

Professor, chair Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1979-1992. Professor, department head Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Commerce, since 1992.

Achievements

• John Hanners has been listed as a noteworthy theatre educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • It Was Play or Starve: Acting in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Theatre (Entertainment and Leisure Studies)

    ( American popular entertainers in the nineteenth century...)

  • "It Was Play or Starve": Acting in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Theatre (Entertainment and Leisure Studies)

    ( American popular entertainers in the nineteenth century...)

  • It Was Play or Starve: Acting in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Theatre (Entertainment and Leisure Studies) by John Hanners (1993-01-01)

    (New copy. Fast shipping. Will be shipped from US.)

  • It Was Play or Starve: Acting in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Theatre IT WAS PLAY OR STARVE: ACTING IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN POPULAR THEATRE By Hanners, John ( Author )Jan-01-1993 Paperback
  • It Was Play or Starve: Acting in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Theatre (Entertainment and Leisure Studies) Paperback - January 1, 1993
  • It Was Play or Starve: Acting in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Theatre (Entertainment and Leisure Studies) by Hanners, John (1993) Paperback

Membership

Member Round Table, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1987-1992. Member United Way Fund Doctor, Meadville, 1984, 86, 88. Member downtown improvement committee, Meadville, 1986-1991.

Sergeant United States Air Force, 1966-1970. Member American Society Theatre Research, Speech Communications Association, Southwest Theatre Association, Association Theatre in Higher Education, Association Communications Administration, Texas Educational Theatre Association.

Interests

• Avocation: raising Morgan horses.

Connections

Married Louella Denham, January 27, 1968. Children: Lisa, Michael.

Father:

Deon D. Hanners

Mother:

Ruth (Ambrose) Hanners

Spouse:

Louella Denham

child:

Michael Hanners

child:

Lisa Hanners