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.


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