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.

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 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 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 (1922)

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)