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Stuart Vaughan Biography (1925-)

Born John Walker Vaughan, August 23, 1925, in Terre Haute, IN; son of John Harwood (in the U.S. Army Air Corps) and Pauletta Rosalie (Walker) Vaughan; married Gladys Regier (a director), 1948 (divorced, 1960); married Helen Quarrier (an actress), August 22, 1960, (died, December 25, 1963); married Anne Thompson (an actress), April 14, 1965. Addresses: OFFICE--261 St. John's Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 23, 1925

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Fritz, Claudia, Belfry Theatre, Williams Bay, WI, 1945.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Sergeant of the guard, The Strong Are Lonely, BroadhurstTheatre, 1953.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• (Understudy) The Confidential Clerk, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• Mr. Lovewell, The Clandestine Marriage, Players Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• Hector, Thieves' Carnival, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1955.
• Algernon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1961.
• Tanner, Man and Superman, Seattle Center Playhouse, Seattle, WA, 1964.
• Algernon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Seattle Center Playhouse, 1965.
• Duke, Measure for Measure, Chorus, Antigone, Colonel Triletski,A CountryScandal, CSC Repertory, Abbey Theatre, New York City, 1975.
• Also appeared in summer theatre productions at the Erie Playhouse, Erie,PA, 1950-52, and the Arena Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1952; appeared at the British Colonial Theatre, Nassau, Bahamas, and The Playhouse, Old Orchard Beach,ME, both 1953.
• PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATED Assistant stage manager, The Confidential Clerk, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• stage manager, The Chalk Garden, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City,1955.
• I Knock at the Door, Pictures in the Hallway, both Kaufmann Auditorium, New York City, 1956.
• The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, both New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), East Side Amphitheatre, New York City, 1956.
• Pictures in the Hallway, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• The River Line, Carnegie Hall Playhouse, New York City, 1957.
• Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, all NYSF, Belvedere Lake Theatre, New York City, 1956.
• I Knock at the Door, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• Richard III, NYSF, Heckscher Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• As You Like It, Heckscher Theatre, 1958.
• Othello, Belvedere Lake Theatre, 1958.
• The Power and the Glory, The Family Reunion, both Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1958.
• The Beaux' Stratagem, Phoenix Theatre, 1959.
• Julius Caesar, NYSF, Belvedere Lake Theatre, 1959.
• The Great God Brown, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• Pictures in the Hallway, Phoenix Theatre, 1959.
• Continuing as director, unless indicated: I Knock at the Door, Peer Gynt,She Stoops to Conquer, The Plough and the Stars, and Henry IV, Part I, all Phoenix Theatre, 1960.
• The Octoroon, Hamlet, The Importance of Being Earnest, all Phoenix Theatre, 1961.
• Medea, Antioch Area Theatre, Yellow Springs, OH, 1962.
• The Good Woman of Setzuan, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1962.
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois, The Taming of the Shrew, both Anderson Theatre,New York City, 1963.
• King Lear, The Firebugs, both Seattle Center Playhouse, Seattle, WA, 1963.
• The Lady's Not for Burning, Death of a Salesman, Shadows of Heros, Twelfth Night, Man and Superman, all Seattle Center Playhouse, 1964.
• Ah! Wilderness, The Cherry Orchard, Hamlet, The Importance of Being Earnest, all Seattle Center Playhouse, 1965.
• Heartbreak House, Seattle Center Playhouse, 1966.
• producer, Long Day's Journey into Night, Seattle Center Playhouse, 1966.
• producer, Charley's Aunt, Romeo and Juliet, both Repertory Theatre of NewOrleans, New Orleans, LA, 1966.
• producer, Our Town, The Rivals, The Crucible, St. Joan, all Repertory Theatre of New Orleans, 1967.
• producer, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tartuffe, Arms and the Man, TwelfthNight, An Enemy of the People, all Repertory theatre of New Orleans, 1968.
• producer, The Chairs, The Bald Soprano, Private Lives, all Repertory Theatre of New Orleans, 1969.
• The War of the Roses, NYSF, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• Assassination 1865, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1971.
• Ghost Dance, Trinity Square Repertory Theatre, Providence, RI, 1973.
• A Country Scandal, CSC Repertory, Abbey Theatre, New York City, 1975.
• Also directed, The Taming of the Shrew, Seattle and King County Parks, WA, 1965; directed at the Little Theatre, St. Augustine, FL, 1948-49; British Colonial Theatre, Nassau, Bahamas, and at The Playhouse, Old Orchard Beach, ME, both 1953; and the Belfry Theatre, Williams Bay, WI.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Stewart Kennedy, Her Unborn Child, U.S. cities, 1946.
• director, Come and Be Killed, U.S. cities, 1975.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• Director, The Lady's Not for Burning, 1958.
• Writings;PLAYS
• (Adaptor) "Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III" and "Richard III" as The War of the Roses, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City,1969.
• Assassination 1865, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1971.
• Ghost Dance, Trinity Square Repertory Theatre, Providence, RI, 1973.
• (adaptor, with Anne Thompson) The Servant of Two Masters, Actors Theatre,Los Angeles, CA, 1975.
• (adaptor, with Thompson) Amoreuse, 1975.
• Also wrote The Royal Game, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1974; co- editor,The Bantam Shakespeare, Bantam, series of nineteen volumes published between1960-64.
• Writings;BOOKS
• A Possible Theatre, 1969.