Hatcher Hughes
Hatcher Hughes | |
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| Born | 12 February 1881 |
| Died | 19 October 1945(aged 64) |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill(BA,MA) |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Years active | 1918–1934 |
| Spouse | Janet Ranney |
Harvey Hatcher Hughes(12 February 1881,Polkville, North Carolina– 19 October 1945,New York City) was an American playwright. He was on the teaching staff ofColumbia Universityfrom 1912 onward. He was awarded the 1926Pulitzer Prizefor his 1923 playHell-Bent Fer Heaven.
Early life and education[edit]
He was the tenth of eleven children of Andrew Jackson Hughes and Martha Jane Gold Hughes. He received both his undergraduate degree (1907) and master's degree (1909) in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1]
Career[edit]
Hell-bent fer Heaven(1923) was performed 128 times at the Klaw Theater (which later became the Avon and then CBS Theater #2).[2]The play starred multipleTony AwardandPulitzer PrizewinnerGeorge Abbott(author ofThe Pajama Game,Fiorello,andDamn Yankees) andClara Blandick(who played Auntie Em inThe Wizard of Oz). It won a Pulitzer Prize was made into a movie in 1926.[2]
Hughes was a professor atColumbia University.[3]His detailed correspondence is kept in theUniversity of North Carolinaarchives.[4]
Family[edit]
In 1930 he married Janet Ranney Cool. The marriage produced a daughter, Ann Ranney Hughes. During the First World War, he served as an Army captain. He and his family divided their time between their home in New York City and their farm inWest Cornwall, Connecticut.[1]
Works[edit]
- A Marriage Made in Heaven(1918)
- Wake Up, Jonathan!(withElmer Rice,1921)
- Hell-Bent Fer Heaven(1923), made into the 1926 motion picture of the same name
- Ruint(1920)
- It's a Grand Life(1930)
- The Lord Blesses the Bishop(co-author, 1934)
External links[edit]
- Hughes' papers at the University of North Carolina Archives
- Hatcher Hughesat theInternet Broadway Database
- Hatcher HughesatIMDb
References[edit]
- ^abWalser, Richard (1988)."Hughes, (Harvey) Hatcher".NCpedia.
- ^abFisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2018).Historical dictionary of American theater: modernism.Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 312.ISBN978-1-5381-0786-7.
- ^"Writers Will Hear Dramatists Speak. Elmer Rice and Hatcher Hughes to Address Club Meeting Tonight".New York Columbia Spectator.March 13, 1929. p. 1.
- ^"Hatcher Hughes Papers (#4210) 1914-1982".Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
External links[edit]
Works by or aboutHarvey Hatcher HughesatWikisource
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