Craig's Wife is a 1925 play written by American playwright George Kelly. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and has been adapted for three feature films. Craig's Wife premiered on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on October 12, 1925, and closed on August 21, 1926, after 360 performances. Directed by playwright Kelly, the cast featured Chrystal Herne as Harriet Craig, Anne Sutherland (Miss Austen), Charles Trowbridge (Walter Craig), and Josephine Hull (Mrs. Frazier). It was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1925–1926. The play received the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Adaptations (3)
Craig's Wife has been adapted into 3 films, from 1928 to 1950. The most recent is Harriet Craig (1950).
Craig's Wife1928 · film · 70 min · dir. William C. de Mille · IMDb ↗Harriet Craig, whose obsession with material possessions and immaculate neatness results in misery for all concerned. Harriet's husband remains blind to his wife's selfishness-until his eyes are opened when he is implicated in a double murder...
Harriet Craig1950 · film · 94 min · dir. Vincent Sherman · IMDb ↗IMDb7.3A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
