The Old Maid (play)
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The Old Maid is a 1935 play adapted by American playwright
Zoe Akins
from Edith Wharton
's 1925 novel, The Mother's Recompense.
The Irish dramatist Arthur Murphy
also wrote a play of the same name, which was first produced in 1761.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Zoe Akins
Zoe Akins
Zoë Akins was an American playwright, poet, and author.- Early years :Born in Humansville, Missouri, Akins was educated in Illinois and later in St. Louis, where she began her writing career...
from Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.- Early life and marriage:...
's 1925 novel, The Mother's Recompense.
The Irish dramatist Arthur Murphy
Arthur Murphy
Arthur Murphy , also known by the pseudonym Charles Ranger, was an Irish writer.-Biography:He was born at Cloonyquin, County Roscommon, Ireland, the son of Richard Murphy and Jane French....
also wrote a play of the same name, which was first produced in 1761.