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Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Influences and works 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links (William) Stanley Houghton (22 February 1881â€“10 December 1913) was an English playwright. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Harold Brighouse, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists. His best known play is Hindle Wakes.

[edit] Early lifeStanley Houghton was born at 1 Amy Villas, Doveston Road, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Sale, which was then in Cheshire, the only son of John Hartley Houghton, a cotton merchant, and Lucy Mary nÃ©e Darbyshire.[1] In 1896, the family moved to 2 Athol Road, Alexandra Park, Manchester, some two miles from the city centre.[2] Houghton was educated at Bowdon College and at Manchester Grammar School. On leaving school in 1897, he started working full-time in his father's office and continued to do this until 1912. During this time he was an amateur actor and writer. In 1905â€“06 he was an unpaid drama critic for the Manchester City News and between 1905 and 1913 he contributed articles, theatrical notices and literary reviews to the Manchester Guardian. He also wrote a number of unpublished plays.[1]

[edit] CareerHoughton's first productions were The Intrigues at the Athenaeum Society, Manchester on 19 October 1906, The Reckoning at the Queen's Theatre, London on 22 July 1907, and The Dear Departed at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester on 2 November 1908. The last of these plays was the first of many to be produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Britain's first regional repertory theatre. This theatre was owned and managed by Annie Horniman who encouraged local writers. Other plays to receive their premiÃ¨res at the Gaiety were Independent Means on 30 August 1909, The Younger Generation on 21 November 1910, The Master of the House on 26 September 1910, and Fancy-Free on 6 November 1911. For a time, Houghton was the honorary secretary of the Manchester Athenaeum Dramatic Society, and frequently gave his services as a producer.[3]

Houghton's greatest success came with his play Hindle Wakes, which was first performed by Horniman's company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 16 June 1912.[1] It had a long run in London, and remains his best known work. Later in the same year The Younger Generation was successfully produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, with Trust the People the following year at the Garrick Theatre and The Perfect Cure at the Apollo Theatre.[4]

Following the success of Hindle Wakes, Houghton left his office job in 1912 to become a full-time dramatist and moved to London. Here he became part of the city's dramatic and literary culture. The following year he moved to Paris where he started to write a novel entitled Life. During the summer of that year he developed viral pneumonia in Venice and moved back to Manchester where he died in December from meningitis. He was cremated in Manchester crematorium, leaving an estate of Â£5,488. He was unmarried. In 1915 a memorial tablet was unveiled in the Manchester Reference Library.[1]

[edit] Influences and worksHoughton was influenced strongly by Ibsen, yet he wrote no propagandist plays other than Independent Needs. His plays are set locally in Northern England, but represent universal aspects of human nature. Other writers to have had an influence on him were George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and St John Hankin.[1] A collection of material relating to Houghton, including unpublished plays and photographs, is held in the University of Salford.[5]

[edit] References1.^ a b c d e Victor Emeljanow, â€˜Houghton, (William) Stanley (1881â€“1913)â€™, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 17 November 2008 2.^ Mortimer, (1984) The Life and Literary Career of W. Stanley Houghton, (University of Salford PhD Thesis). p. 9. 3.^ Angus-Butterworth, L. M. (1980), Lancashire Literary Worthies, W.C. Henderson and Son, p. 89 4.^ William Stanley Houghton, Classic Encyclopaedia, retrieved 17 November 2008 5.^ Stanley Houghton Collection, University of Salford, retrieved 17 November 2008 [edit] Further readingBrighouse, Harold (1914), The Works Of Stanley Houghton, Constable [edit] External links Wikisource has the text of a 1922 EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica article about Stanley Houghton.

Stanley Houghton Collection from the University of Salford site Authority control ­VIAF: 1612782 Persondata Name Houghton, Stanley Alternative names Short description English playwright Date of birth 22 February 1881 Place of birth Ashton-upon-Mersey Date of death 10 December 1913 Place of death Manchester Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Houghton&oldid=532546692" Categories: 1881 births1913 deathsPeople from Sale, Greater ManchesterEnglish dramatists and playwrightsWriters from ManchesterPeople educated at Manchester Grammar SchoolHidden categories: Articles with hCardsWikipedia articles with VIAF identifiersNavigation menuPersonal tools Create accountLog inNamespaces ArticleTalkVariantsViews ReadEditView historyActions Search Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia InteractionHelp About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia ToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkPage informationCite this page Print/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable version LanguagesEdit linksThis page was last modified on 11 January 2013 at 14:52.

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