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] and joined The Lambs Club in 1947.^[2]

Wilde's plays were especially popular in the Little Theatre Movement.^[3]

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) 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 (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)