Harold Brighouse

She also encouraged local writers who formed what was known as the Manchester School of dramatists, the leading members of which were Harold Brighouse, Stanley Houghton and Allan Monkhouse. The Gaiety company undertook tours of America and...

In this article: London, George Bernard Shaw, University of Manchester, Frederick John Horniman, W. B. Yeats, and Dublin

...Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice," directed by Paul, May 20-June 12 (Henry Heymann Theater). "Hobson's Choice" by Harold Brighouse, directed by Christopher Newton Dec. 2-19. "Hearing Noise in the Silence: A celebration of the life...

In this article: Harold Pinter, Stephen Foster, No Man's Land, Hobson's Choice, The Hothouse, Samuel Beckett, and Shaw Festival

Hobson's Choice is a 1954 film directed by David Lean, based on the play of the same name by Harold Brighouse. It stars Charles Laughton in the title role of Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson, Brenda De Banzie as his eldest daughter Maggie...

In this article: Hobson's Choice, Prunella Scales, Charles Laughton, David Lean, John Mills, and Brenda De Banzie

...of that year. In all, Kelsall produced 19 shows for BBC television, ending in 1939 with The Happy Hangman, a play by Harold Brighouse. His acting career began in a 1949 film called Landfall, which starred Michael Denison, and recounts...

In this article: Moultrie Kelsall, BBC Television, Dog, Royal Navy, Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., and Michael Denison

...to write drama for the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, shortly after it was opened by Annie Horniman, along with Stanley Houghton and Harold Brighouse, forming a school of realist dramatists independent of the London stage, who were known as...

In this article: Allan Noble Monkhouse, Stanley Houghton, Cheshire, and Disley

...prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Stanley Houghton, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists. Harold Brighouse was born in Eccles , Salford , the eldest child of John Southworth Brighouse, a manager in a...

In this article: Hobson's Choice, London, Lancashire, and First World War

...(22 February 1881-10 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.

In this article: Stanley Houghton, London, Meningitis, Manchester Grammar School, University of Salford, and St John Hankin

...'A Question of Fact' and 'The Ring of Truth'. A traditional dramatist, his work fell out of fashion as 'Kitchen Sink' dramas revolutionised the London stage. He also adapted the Harold Brighouse play 'Hobson's Choice' for the screen in 1954.

In this article: London and Hobson's Choice

...plummy Stage Guild treatment include "The Voysey Inheritance," by Harley Granville-Barker, this Sunday ; "Hobson's Choice," by Harold Brighouse, July 13; "The Amorous Servant" by Carlo Goldoni, Aug. 3; "Magic" by G.K. Chesterton, Aug. 10; and...

In this article: Michael Ende, The Neverending Story, Consumerism, Hobson's Choice, and The Voysey Inheritance

...in repertory through Sept. 1. Given its north of England setting and accents that casual visitors to Britain might find puzzling, Harold Brighouse's play has somewhat surprisingly also found significant acclaim in the United States over...

In this article: Lyndsey Marshal, Hobson's Choice, Michael Frayn, London, N. F. Simpson, Richard Bean, Douglas Hodge, International Herald Tribune, and See How They Run