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Stanley Houghton

STANLEY HOUGHTON  (1881 - 1913)

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Playwright Stanley Houghton (22 Feb 1881- '10 Dec 1913) was born in Ashton-upon-Mersey, Sale, Cheshire. educated at Manchester Grammar School, he went into his father's cotton business where he worked until the success of Hindle Wakes in 1912 allowed him to finally achieve his ambition tobecome a professional writer. He died just a year later of meningitis. One of the acclaimed 'manchester School' of playwrights, championed by Annie Horniman of the Gaiety Theatre,Manchester, and including such writers as Harold Brighouse and Allan Monkhouse.

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below is a list of Stanley Houghton's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Dear Departed, The         Fancy-Free         Hindle Wakes         Independent Means         Intrigues, The         Master of the House, The         Perfect Cure, The         Reckoning, The         Trust the People         Younger Generation, The

Dear Departed, The

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Fancy-Free

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Hindle Wakes

Hindle Wakes
It's holiday week in the Lancashire town of Hindle, just before the First World War. Fanny Hawthorne, a spirited, determined mill girl, has just returned from a weekend in Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins. At least that's what she tells her parents. In fact, she's been spending the weekend with Alan Jeffcote, a wealthy mill owner's son who is engaged to someone else. When Fanny's parents discover the truth, they set out to ensure that Alan will do the decentthing and marry her  only to discover that Fanny has her own ideas on the matter... One of the first plays to have a working class female protagonist, Hindle Wakes was hugely controversial at the time of its writing.

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centenary production at Finborough theatre London, 11 Sep 2012

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Miss Horniman's Repertory Company from the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester before the Incorporated Stage Society

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Oberon Books (2012) >>>    978-1849434218

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Independent Means

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Intrigues, The

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Master of the House, The

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Perfect Cure, The

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Reckoning, The

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Trust the People

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Younger Generation, The

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