Arthur Goodrich

Arthur Goodrich
Arthur Goodrich in 1906
BornFebruary 18, 1878
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
DiedJune 26, 1941
New York, New York
United States
OccupationPlaywright

Arthur Frederick Goodrich (February 18, 1878 – June 26, 1941) was an American novelist and playwright who was prominent on Broadway during the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote a mixture of crime and comedy plays.[1] One of his greatest hits was the 1922 Anglo-American culture clash comedy So This Is London, which was turned into films twice. He wrote the libretto for an opera version of Caponsacchi.

Selected works

Novels

  • The Balance of Power (1906)[2]

Plays

  • Yes or No (1917) — filmed as Yes or No? (1919)
  • So This Is London (1922) — filmed in 1930 and 1939
  • The Joker (1925)
  • The Plutocrat (1930)
  • The Perfect Marriage (1932)
  • A Journey by Night (1935)

References

  1. ^ Kabatchnik p.48-49
  2. ^ Goodrich, Arthur (1906). The Balance of Power. New York: The Outing Publishing Company.

Sources

  • Bordman, Gerald Martin. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914-1930. Oxford University Press, 1995.
  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press, 2010.