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Arthur Goodrich
Arthur Goodrich in 1906
Born	February 18, 1878 New Britain, Connecticut United States
Died	June 26, 1941(1941-06-26) (aged 63) New York, New York United States
Occupation	Playwright

Arthur Frederick Goodrich (February 18, 1878 – June 26, 1941) was an American novelist and 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

Novels

• The Balance of Power (1906)

Plays

• Yes or No (1917) — filmed as Yes or No? (1919)
• So This Is London (1922) — filmed in 1930 and 1939
• The Joker (1925)
• The Plutocrat (1930)
• The Perfect Marriage (1932)
• A Journey by Night (1935)

References

1. Kabatchnik p.48-49
2. Goodrich, Arthur (1906). The Balance of Power. New York: The Outing Publishing Company.

Sources

• 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.

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