Percival Wilde (New York City, March 1, 1887 â 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. He began writing plays in 1912, and joined The Lambs Club in 1947.
Wilde's plays were especially popular in the Little Theatre Movement.
List of works
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)
- Dawn
- The Hour of Truth
- 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
- The Villain in the Piece
- A Question of Morality
- According to Darwin
- The Unseen Host, and Other War Plays (1917)
- The Reckoning (1922)
- Eight Comedies For Little Theaters
Films (Story)
- Moonlight Follies (1921)
- The Guttersnipe (1922)
- The Rise of Duton Lang (1955)
Nonfiction
- The Craftmanship of One-Act Plays (1923)
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