Percival Wilde
Percival Wilde | |
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Born | New York City | March 1, 1887
Died | September 19, 1953 California | (aged 66)
Occupation | Playwright, writer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Detective fiction, Comedy |
Notable works | Inquest (1938) |
Percival Wilde (New York City, March 1, 1887 – September 19, 1953) was an American author and playwright who wrote novels and numerous short stories and one-act plays. He also authored a textbook on the theater arts. Native to New York City, Wilde graduated from Columbia University in 1906, and worked for a time as a banker.[1] He began writing plays in 1912.[1]
Wilde's plays were especially popular in the Little Theatre Movement.[2]
List of works[]
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Production of The Finger of God at Shimer College in 1952.
Novels[]
- The Devil's Booth (1930)
- Mystery Week-End (1938)
- Inquest (1938)
- Design for Murder (1941)
Collections of short stories[]
- Rogues in Clover (1929)
- P. Moran, Operative (1947)
Plays[]
- Dawn and One Act Plays Of Life Today (1915) ISBN 978-0-548-52580-7
- Dawn
- The Noble Lord
- The Traitor
- A House of Cards
- Playing With Fire
- The Finger of God
- Confessional, and Other American Plays (1916)
- Confessional
- The Beautiful Story ISBN 978-1-4254-7780-6
- The Villain in the Piece ISBN 978-1-4254-7777-6
- A Question of Morality ISBN 978-1-4254-7779-0
- According to Darwin ISBN 978-1-4254-7778-3
- The Unseen Host, and Other War Plays (1917) ISBN 978-0-548-94615-2
- The Reckoning (1930) ISBN 978-0-548-69217-2
- Eight Comedies For Little Theaters ISBN 978-0-548-52675-0
Films (Story)[]
- Moonlight Follies (1921)
- The Guttersnipe (1922)
- The Rise of Duton Lang (1955)
Nonfiction[]
- The Craftmanship of One-Act Plays (1923)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Manly, John Matthews; Ricker, Edith (1922). Contemporary American Literature. Harcourt, Brace. p. 162.
- ^ Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2013). The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism. p. 516. ISBN 9780810870475.
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Categories:
- 1887 births
- 1953 deaths
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- American male novelists
- Columbia University alumni