Percival Wilde


Percival Wilde 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
  • Mystery Week-End
  • Inquest
  • ''Design for Murder''

Collections of short stories

Rogues in Clover
  • ''P. Moran, Operative''

Plays

Dawn and One Act Plays Of Life Today

Films (Story)

Moonlight Follies The Guttersnipe
  • ''The Rise of Duton Lang''

Nonfiction

  • ''The Craftmanship of One-Act Plays''