Percival Wilde

 ( 1887 Births ) 

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 . 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 in 1947.

Wilde's plays were especially popular in the Little Theatre Movement.

• The Devil's Booth (1930)
• Mystery Week-End (1938)
• Inquest (1938)
• Design for Murder (1941)

• Rogues in Clover (1929)
• P. Moran, Operative (1947)

• 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 (1930)
• Eight Comedies For Little Theaters

• Moonlight Follies (1921)
• The Guttersnipe (1922)
• The Rise of Duton Lang (1955)

• The Craftmanship of One-Act Plays (1923)

• Wilde, Percival (Open Library)
• Finding aid to Percival Wilde letters at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.