Norris Houghton

Sketch of Norris Houghton from Moscow students, 27 October 1960

Charles Norris Houghton (26 December 1909 – 9 October 2001) was an American stage manager, scenic designer, producer, director, theatre manager, academic, author, and public policy advocate.[1] Houghton is known as an American expert in 20th-century Russian Theatre; as a major force in creating the "off-Broadway" movement; as a student and educator of global theater; and as an influential advocate of arts education.

Houghton taught at Princeton, Columbia, and Vassar; his academic career continued at the State University of New York, where he helped create the SUNY Purchase campus and served as founding Dean of Theatre and Film. He wrote many books and articles. His books and papers are preserved for study in several university and college libraries and archives.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Klein, Alvin (July 10, 1988). "Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-21. the origin of a new Phoenix Theater with reference to the original Phoenix and Norris Houghton's response when asked for permission to reuse the name.
  2. ^ "Finding aid for Norris Houghton collection at The Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Collection". Ohio State University Libraries. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  3. ^ "Guide to the Norris Houghton Papers 1915–1998". newspaperarchives.vassar.edu. Vassar College. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  4. ^ "Symposium Explores Religion and Drama". Miscellany News. Vol. XXXXIV, no. 19. Vassar College. March 2, 1960. Retrieved 2015-02-21. Tom Faw Driver, literary and theological scholar, and Norris Houghton, director of Vassar's Experimental Theatre and founder and co-managing director of the Phoenix Theatre ...will present a symposium on religious drama ... the symposium will be a combination of lecture and discussion...with Mr. Houghton responding. ...Mr. Houghton and Mr. Driver will discuss ... the ways in which the theatre and dramatists bring light to bear on the spiritual feelings of today.
  5. ^ http://findingaids.princeton.edu/simpleSearch?text1=Norris+Houghton&maxdisplay=50 Abstracts and finding aids for Norris Houghton collections at Princeton libraries and listing of Princeton classes; listing for Norris Houghton as undergraduate and as alumnus. Advance from Broadway by Norris Houghton, 1941: Abstract: Consists of manuscripts for Norris Houghton's book. Advance from Broadway. Location: Manuscripts Division Call Number:C0167 Princeton Playgoers, Inc. Records, 1941–1942: Creator Princeton Playgoers, Inc. . Abstract: Princeton Playgoers, Inc. was a theater production company formed in 1942, during the wartime period when the engagements of Triangle Club were limited. Location: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives. Call Number:AC315 Theatre Intime Records, 1919–2011: Creator: Princeton University. Theatre Intime. Abstract: "...contains records of the Princeton University student-run theatre...and includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, playbills, posters, scripts, designs, and promotional materials. Location: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library Call Number ACO22 Miscellaneous Playscripts Collection, 1882–1961: Creator:Princeton University Library Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. Abstract: includes some playscripts stamped or addressed by theater agencies in Chicago, New York City, and Hollywood...others were used at McCarter Theater or by the Princeton University Players. Location: Manuscript Division Call Number TCO30 McCarter Theatre Records, 1928–2007: Creator: McCarter Theatre Center. Abstract: "The McCarter Theatre was conceived as a permanent home for the Princeton University Triangle Club. McCarter began as a booking theater but moved ...producing its own performances. The ...records document the history of the McCarter Theatre, including administration, performances and productions, and the building..." Location: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library Princeton University Archives. Call Number: AC131 Princeton University Class Records, 1798–2011: Creator:Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Abstract:...consist of a diverse set of materials documenting the history and activities of Princeton University Classes during their time as undergraduates and as alumni...correspondence, newsletters, publications, photographs, and memorabilia, all of which pertain to a particular Princeton University graduating class. Location: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives. Call Number: AC 130
  6. ^ 11. www. Beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid. Norris Houghton collections in the Princeton Firestone Library and Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  7. ^ Yale University Library Collections. . Archibald MacLeish Collection. Finding Aid for Phoenix Theatre: Box 19.
  8. ^ http://www.clio.cul.columbia.edu. Finding aid Norris Houghton Book collection at Columbia University.
  9. ^ Houghton, Norris. Entrances and Exits, Limelight Editions, 1990. 377 pages. An autobiographical memoir of Norris Houghton's life
  10. ^ Vassar College records. Norris Houghton curriculum vitae. The standard curriculum vitae record for faculty. Similar record at other colleges where Norris Houghton held faculty and administrative status.