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Percival Wilde

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. 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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