J(ohn) B(oynton) PRIESTLEY
Born Bradford, Yorkshire, September 13, 1894. Died August 14, 1984
Stage Works
- The Good Companions (book only), with Edward Knoblock, lyrics by Harry Graham and Frank Eyton, music by Richard Addinsell, from the novel by Priestley (produced 1931). 1935. Reworked as a musical in 2 acts based on the novel by J.B. Priestley. Book by Ronald Harwood. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Andre Previn Her Majesty's Theatre, London -November 7, 1974
- Dangerous Corner (produced 1932). 1932.
- The Roundabout (produced 1932). 1933.
- Laburnum Grove: An Immoral Comedy (produced 1933). 1934.
- Eden End (produced 1934). 1934.
- Cornelius: A Business Affair in Three Transactions (produced 1935). 1935.
- Duet in Floodlight (produced 1935). 1935.
- Bees on the Boat Deck: A Farcical Tragedy (produced 1936). 1936.
- Spring Tide, with George Billam (produced 1936). 1936.
- The Bad Samaritan (produced 1937).
- Time and the Conways (produced 1937). 1937.
- I Have Been Here Before (produced 1937). 1937.
- People at Sea (as I Am a Stranger Here, produced 1937; as People at Sea, produced 1937). 1937.
- Mystery of Greenfingers: A Comedy o f Detection (produced 1938). 1937.
- The Rebels (produced 1938).
- When We Are Married: A Yorkshire Farcical Comedy (produced 1938). 1938.
- Music at Night (produced 1938).
- Johnson over Jordan (produced 1939). As Johnson over Jordan: The Play, and All About It (An Essay), 1939.
- The Long Mirror (produced 1940).
- Good Night Children: A Comedy of Broadcasting (produced 1942).
- Desert Highway (produced 1943). 1944.
- They Came to a City (produced 1943).
- How Are They at Home? A Topical Comedy (produced 1944).
- The Golden Fleece (as The Bull Market, produced 1944).
- An Inspector Calls (produced 1945). 1947.
- Jenny Villiers (produced 1946).
- Ever Since Paradise: An Entertainment, Chiefly Referring to Love and Marriage (produced 1946). 1949.
- The Rose and Crown (televised 1946). 1947.
- The Linden Tree (produced 1947). 1948.
- Home is Tomorrow (produced 1948). 1949.
- The High Toby: A Play for the Toy Theatre. 1948.
- Summer Day's Dream (produced 1949).
- The Olympians, music by Arthur Bliss (produced 1949). 1949.
- Bright Shadow: A Play of Detection (produced 1950). 1950.
- Treasure on Pelican (as Treasure on Pelican Island, televised 1951; as Treasure on Pelican, produced 1952). 1953.
- Dragon's Mouth: A Dramatic Quartet, with Jacquetta Hawkes (produced 1952). 1952.
- Private Rooms: A One-Act Comedy in the Viennese Style. 1953.
- Mother's Day. 1953.
- Try it Again (produced 1965). 1953.
- A Glass of Bitter. 1954.
- The White Countess, with Jacquetta Hawkes (produced 1954).
- The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (produced 1955). 1956.
- Take the Fool Away (produced 1955; produced 1959).
- These Our Actors (produced 1956).
- The Glass Cage (produced 1957). 1958.
- The Thirty-First of June (produced 1957).
- A Pavilion of Masks (produced 1962; produced 1963). 1958.
- The Rack (produced as Die Tortur, 1959).
- A Severed Head, with Iris Murdoch, from the novel by Murdoch (produced 1963). 1964.
Bibliography:
- J.B. Priestley: An Annotated Bibliography by Alan Edwin Day, 1980.
- J.B. Priestley: Portrait of an Author by Susan Cooper, 1970;
- J.B. Priestley by John Atkins, 1978;
- J.B. Priestley by A.A. DeVitis and Albert E. Kalson, 1980;
- J.B. Priestley: The Last of the Sages by John Atkins, 1981.