Herbert Swears
British writer
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Herbert William Swears (26 December 1868 in Surrey – 6 March 1946 in Sussex) was an author and playwright active in the United Kingdom between 1890 and 1920. He worked as a bank clerk and his father was blind. He wrote 22 published works[1] including novellette and plays. Herbert Swears's one-act play The Young Idea was seen in 1936, long after publication across the Atlantic.[2] A tight corner was revived as recently as 2012 by the Comedy Playhouse in Arizona.[3][4] Swears acted as honorary secretary to the Irving Dramatic Society.[5] Herbert toured the world at least once with a renowned actress Dame Madge Kendal.[6][7]
Works
- 1890 Semi Detached
- 1890 Wayfarers
- 1890 Home sweet home with variations
- 1890 Love and Dentistry
- 1890 Twilight
- 1890 Home sweet home with variations
- 1901 Too Many Cooks
- 1903 Pansy, that's for thoughts
- 1904 Mere Man one-act farce – love triangle involving members of an emancipated women's club[8]
- 1905 Two on a bus
- 1910 A tight Corner[9]
- 1911 Granny's Juliet (novellette monologue)[10][11]
- 1911 Hero and Heroine[12]
- 1915 Dog Days[13]
- 1916 The unknown quantity[14]
- 1920 Captain X: A farcical comedy in three acts
- 1922 Cupboard Love: A costume comedy in one act[15]
- 1922 The Young Idea
- 1926 Woman's crowning glory
- 1927 Things are seldom what they seem
- 1930 Interlude
- 1937 When all is said and done Memoir
- Widows – adapted to the Scots dialect by Margaret M. Muir (1933)
- The Whirlpool
- The House of Clay
- Such is Fame
- Lady Interviewer
- Cupid Astray