Craig's Wife


Craig's Wife
Written by George Kelly
Characters Billy Birkmire
Harry
Mazie
Mrs. Craig
Mrs. Frazier
Eugene Fredericks
Ethel Landreth
Joseph Catelle
Miss Austen
Walter Craig
Mrs. Harold
Date premiered October 12, 1925
Place premiered Morosco Theatre
New York City, New York
Original language English
Genre Drama
Setting The Reception Room at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Craig

Craig's Wife is a 1925 play written by American playwright George Kelly, uncle of actress and later Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[1] Harriet Craig was played by Chrystal Herne.

In 1936, Columbia Pictures made a successful film adaptation of the play starring Rosalind Russell in the lead role. The 1950 film, Harriet Craig, starring Joan Crawford, was also based on the play.

References

  1. ^ Awards for Craig's Wife (play) at Internet Broadway Database

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Craig's Wife (1926) · In Abraham's Bosom (1927) · Strange Interlude (1928) · Street Scene (1929) · The Green Pastures (1930) · Alison's House (1931) · Of Thee I Sing (1932) · Both Your Houses (1933) · Men in White (1934) · The Old Maid (1935) · Idiot's Delight (1936) · You Can't Take It with You (1937) · Our Town (1938) · Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1939) · The Time of Your Life (1940) · There Shall Be No Night (1941) · The Skin of Our Teeth (1943) · Harvey (1945) · State of the Union (1946) · A Streetcar Named Desire (1948) · Death of a Salesman (1949) · South Pacific (1950)

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