Adelaide Matthews

Adelaide Matthews (1876-1958)^[1][2] was a playwright in the United States. Some of her works were adapted to film.

She was born in Kenduskeag, Maine. She wrote plays with Martha M. Stanley.^[3] She also wrote plays with Anne Nichols.^[4]

Plays

• Nighty-Night (1919)
• Scrambled Wives (1920), along with Martha M. Stanley^[5]

Marquee for a showing of Nightie Night in 1919

• Just Married (1921), along with Anne Nichols^[4]
• The Teaser (1921), along with Martha Stanley
• Puppy Love (1926), with Martha Stanley^[6]
• The Wasp's Nest (1927)^[7] and published in 1929^[8]
• First Night Out
• Hearts Desire, along with Anne Nichols^[4]
• Nearly Married (1929), with Anne Nichols^[9]
• The First Mrs. Chiverick; a comedy in 3 acts by Adelaide Matthews and Martha Stanley. New York, London, (1930)

Filmography

• Scrambled Wives (1921)
• The Teaser (1925)
• Just Married (1928)