Adelaide Matthews

Adelaide Matthews (1876-1958)[1][2] was a playwright in the United States. Some of her works were adapted to film. She was born in Kenduskeag, Maine. She wrote plays with Martha M. Stanley and with Anne Nichols.[3][4]

Plays

  • His Hearts Desire (1916), along with Anne Nichols.[5]
  • Nightie Night (1919), along with Martha M. Stanley. Originally titled Oh How Could You.[6]
  • Scrambled Wives (1920), along with Martha M. Stanley[7]
Marquee for a showing of Nightie Night in 1919
  • Just Married (1921), along with Anne Nichols[4]
  • The Teaser (1921), along with Martha Stanley
  • Puppy Love (1926), with Martha Stanley[8]
  • The Wasp's Nest (1927)[9] and published in 1929[10]
  • First Night Out
  • Nearly Married (1929), with Anne Nichols[11]
  • The First Mrs. Chiverick; a comedy in 3 acts by Adelaide Matthews and Martha Stanley. New York, London, (1930)

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Biographical Notes: Page 380". philsp.com.
  2. ↑ "Index by Name: Page 7094". philsp.com.
  3. ↑ "TWO SUDDEN PLAYWRIGHTS". The New York Times. August 7, 1921 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. 1 2 "archives.nypl.org -- Anne Nichols papers". archives.nypl.org.
  5. ↑ "Plays of the Week, as Seen in the Metropolis". Springfield Daily News. Springfield, Massachusetts. June 15, 1916. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Martha Stanley; Adelaide Matthews (1929). Nightie Night: A Farce in a Prologue and Three Acts. Samuel French. p. title page.
  7. ↑ Engle, S. (December 25, 2007). New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-60936-5 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/290250
  9. ↑ "Adelaide Matthews (Writer)". Playbill.
  10. ↑ "Matthews, Adelaide, 1886- | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
  11. ↑ Salem, James M. (March 11, 1984). A Guide to Critical Reviews: American drama, 1909-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1690-9 – via Google Books.
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