Playwrights and their stage works 

Thornton Niven Wilder

American novelist and playwright. (1897 - 1975)

Born 17 April, 1897 - Madison, Wisconsin.

Stage Works

Unless otherwise indicated the plays were first performed in New York.

  1. The Trumpet Shall Sound. Play. Published 1920. Produced American Laboratory Theatre, Dec. 10, 1927.
  2. Nascuntur Poetae. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  3. Proserpina and the Devil. Playlet for marionettes, 1 act. Published 1928.
  4. Fanny Otcott. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  5. Brother Fire. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  6. The Penny that Beauty Spent. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  7. The Angel on the Ship. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  8. The Message and 'Marine. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  9. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  10. Centaurs. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  11. Leviathan. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  12. And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  13. Now the Servant's Name Was Malchus. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  14. Mozart and the Gray Steward. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  15. Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job? Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  16. The Flight into Egypt. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  17. The Angel that Troubled the Waters. Play, 1 act. Published 1928.
  18. The Long Christmas Dinner. Play, 1 act. Published 1931. Produced New Haven, Conn., 1931; Mannheim, Germany, Dec. 20, 1961, as opera for which Wilder wrote the libretto. Music: Paul Hindemith.
  19. Queens of France. Satiric comedy, I act. Published 1931.
  20. Pullman Car Hiawatha. Play, 1 act. Published 1931.
  21. Love and How to Cure It. Play, 1 act. Published 1931. Produced New Haven, Conn., 1931.
  22. Such Things Only Happen in Books. Play, 1 act. Published 1931. Produced New Haven, Conn., 1931.
  23. The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden. Play, 1 act. Published 1931. Produced New Haven, Conn., 1931.
  24. Lucrece. Play, 4 acts. Published 1933. Produced Be-lasco Theatre, Dec. 20, 1932. (Translation). From André Obey's Le viol de Lucrèce (1931).
  25. The Bride of Torozko. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1933. (Translation). From Ottó Indig's play of the same name.
  26. A Doll's House. Drama, 3 acts. Produced Central City, Colo., Opera House, July 17, 1937; Toronto, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Oct. 11, 1937. (Adaptation). Based on Henrik Ibsen 's Et dukkehjem.
  27. Our Town. Drama, 3 acts. Published 1938. Produced Henry Miller Theatre, Feb. 4, 1938.
  28. The Merchant of Yonkers. Farce, 4 acts. Published 1939. Produced Guild Theatre, Dec. 28, 1938. Based on Nestroy's comedy Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842).
  29. The Skin of Our Teeth. Play, 3 acts. Published 1942. Produced Plymouth Theatre, Nov. 18, 1942.
  30. Our Century. Play, 3 scenes. Published 1947. Produced Apr. 26, 1947.
  31. The Victors. Play. Published 1948. Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's play Morts sans sépulture.
  32. The Matchmaker. Farce, 4 acts. Published 1956. Produced Edinburgh, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Aug. 23, 1954; New York, Royale Theatre, Dec. 5, 1955. Revised version of The Merchant of Yonkers.
  33. Alcestiad. Play. Produced Edinburgh, Assembly Hall, Aug. 22, 1955, as Life in the Sun. Based on Euripides's Alcestis.
  34. Bernice. Play, 1 act. Produced Berlin, Congresshalle Theater, Sept. 20, 1957.
  35. The Wreck on the 5:25. Play, 1 act. Produced Berlin, Congresshalle Theater, Sept. 20, 1957. The following three plays (Nos. 36, 37, and 38) are known under the collective title

Plays for Bleecker Street.

    1. Infancy. Play. Produced Circle in the Square, Jan. 11, 1962.
    2. Childhood. Play. Produced Circle in the Square, Jan. 11, 1962.
    3. Someone from Assisi. Play. Produced Circle in the Square, Jan. 11, 1962.

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