Robert Lewis (director)
Robert Lewis (March 16,1909 - November 23,1997) was an American actor, director, teacher and author. He was the founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947.
Directed plays
My Hearts in the Highlands (1939) by William Saroyan;
Brigadoon (1947) by Alan Jay Lerner;
Regina (1949);
The Happy Time (1950);
An Enemy of the People (1950);
The Grass Harp (1952);
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1953), winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Director;
Witness for the Prosecution (1954) from Agatha Christie;
Mister Johnson (1956);
Jamaica (1957);
The Hidden River (1957);
Handful of Fire (1958);
Cheri (1959);
Kwamina (1961);
Foxy (1964);
Traveller Without Luggage (1964);
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965); and
Harold and Maude (1980).
Written works
Method -- Or Madness? , 1958, Samuel French
Advice To The Players, 1980, Stein and Day
Slings And Arrows: Theater In My Life, 1984, Harper & Row
Other websites
Actors Studio history
Extensive Robert Lewis Special Collections Archive at Kent State University
1909 births
1997 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
American movie actors
American stage actors
Educators from New York City
Writers from New York City
Actors from New York City