Composers and their stage works 

J(ohn) B(oynton) PRIESTLEY

Born Bradford, Yorkshire, September 13, 1894. Died August 14, 1984

Stage Works

  1. 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
  2. Dangerous Corner (produced 1932). 1932.
  3. The Roundabout (produced 1932). 1933.
  4. Laburnum Grove: An Immoral Comedy (produced 1933). 1934.
  5. Eden End (produced 1934). 1934.
  6. Cornelius: A Business Affair in Three Transactions (produced 1935). 1935.
  7. Duet in Floodlight (produced 1935). 1935.
  8. Bees on the Boat Deck: A Farcical Tragedy (produced 1936). 1936.
  9. Spring Tide, with George Billam (produced 1936). 1936.
  10. The Bad Samaritan (produced 1937).
  11. Time and the Conways (produced 1937). 1937.
  12. I Have Been Here Before (produced 1937). 1937.
  13. People at Sea (as I Am a Stranger Here, produced 1937; as People at Sea, produced 1937). 1937.
  14. Mystery of Greenfingers: A Comedy o f Detection (produced 1938). 1937.
  15. The Rebels (produced 1938).
  16. When We Are Married: A Yorkshire Farcical Comedy (produced 1938). 1938.
  17. Music at Night (produced 1938).
  18. Johnson over Jordan (produced 1939). As Johnson over Jordan: The Play, and All About It (An Essay), 1939.
  19. The Long Mirror (produced 1940).
  20. Good Night Children: A Comedy of Broadcasting (produced 1942).
  21. Desert Highway (produced 1943). 1944.
  22. They Came to a City (produced 1943).
  23. How Are They at Home? A Topical Comedy (produced 1944).
  24. The Golden Fleece (as The Bull Market, produced 1944).
  25. An Inspector Calls (produced 1945). 1947.
  26. Jenny Villiers (produced 1946).
  27. Ever Since Paradise: An Entertainment, Chiefly Referring to Love and Marriage (produced 1946). 1949.
  28. The Rose and Crown (televised 1946). 1947.
  29. The Linden Tree (produced 1947). 1948.
  30. Home is Tomorrow (produced 1948). 1949.
  31. The High Toby: A Play for the Toy Theatre. 1948.
  32. Summer Day's Dream (produced 1949).
  33. The Olympians, music by Arthur Bliss (produced 1949). 1949.
  34. Bright Shadow: A Play of Detection (produced 1950). 1950.
  35. Treasure on Pelican (as Treasure on Pelican Island, televised 1951; as Treasure on Pelican, produced 1952). 1953.
  36. Dragon's Mouth: A Dramatic Quartet, with Jacquetta Hawkes (produced 1952). 1952.
  37. Private Rooms: A One-Act Comedy in the Viennese Style. 1953.
  38. Mother's Day. 1953.
  39. Try it Again (produced 1965). 1953.
  40. A Glass of Bitter. 1954.
  41. The White Countess, with Jacquetta Hawkes (produced 1954).
  42. The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (produced 1955). 1956.
  43. Take the Fool Away (produced 1955; produced 1959).
  44. These Our Actors (produced 1956).
  45. The Glass Cage (produced 1957). 1958.
  46. The Thirty-First of June (produced 1957).
  47. A Pavilion of Masks (produced 1962; produced 1963). 1958.
  48. The Rack (produced as Die Tortur, 1959).
  49. A Severed Head, with Iris Murdoch, from the novel by Murdoch (produced 1963). 1964.

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