Arthur Goodrich

Arthur Goodrich
Born	February 18, 1878 New Britain, Connecticut United States
Died	June 26, 1941 New York, New York United States
Other names	Arthur Frederick Goodrich
Occupation	Playwright

Arthur Goodrich (February 18, 1878 – June 26, 1941), often known as Arthur F. Goodrich, was an American playwright who was prominent on Broadway during the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote a mixture of crime and comedy plays. 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

• Yes or No (1917) (*filmed as Yes or No? in 1919)
• So This Is London (1922)
• The Joker (1925)
• The Plutocrat (1930)
• The Perfect Marriage (1932)
• A Journey by Night (1935)

Bibliography

• 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.