Edith Carter

{{Short description|British actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2009}}

'''Edith Carter''' (died 14 June 1934<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19340621/032/0006 |title=Obituary – Miss Edith Carter |date=21 June 1934 |work=The Stage |access-date=21 February 2019 |issue=2777 |page=6 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>) was an English stage actress and playwright, who was active in the 1920s-30s. She was the sister of the novelist John L. Carter, the aunt of the mystery and detective novel author Emery Bonett and the sister-in-law of author and playwright Winifred Carter.

'''Plays''' *''Treasures in Heaven'' 1912 *''Lass o' Laughter'' (cowritten with Nan Marriott-Watson) 1922 – Queen's Theatre *''Educating a Husband'' 1923 – Southend Rep Theatre *''Certified Imam'' 1924 – Theatre Royal, Castleford *''Uncle Hiram Here'' (cowritten with Florence Bates) 1925 – "Q" Theatre *''The Lovely Liar'' 1927 *''The Two Mrs. Camerons. A Play in Three Acts'' (cowritten with '''Winifred Carter''') – Q Theatre, London and Townley Street Sunday School by the CS Players, January 1945; published 1936/1937 (US) *''Wanted-a Wife. A Play in Three Acts'' (cowritten with '''Winifred Carter''') – Q Theatre, London; published 1936/1937 (US) (possibly originally published 1922 or 1926) *''From Duckling to Swan: Woman Can Be Beautiful'' 1948

==John L. Carter==

Edith Carter's brother, John Louis Justin Carter (b. Eccleshall, Sheffield 1880-d. West Byfleet, Surrey 9 February 1959), was also an author and playwright, who wrote under several pseudonyms. He adapted at least one of her plays into a novel.

'''Known works''' *''Peggy the Aeronaut'' 1910 – as J. L. J. Carter *''Nymphet'' – 1915 as Compton Irving Carter *''Come Day, Go Day'' 1922 – as John L. Carter *''Educating a Husband: From the Play of that Name'' by Edith Carter 1926 – as Compton Irving Carter *''White Sheikh. A Novel'' 1935 – as Compton Irving *''His Lady Secretary. A Comedy in Three Acts'' 1938 – as Compton Irving *''Daughter of Egypt'' 1937 – as Compton Irving *''Wings to the Peacock'' 1939 – as Compton Irving noy

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links ==

* Plays by Edith Carter on the [https://www.greatwartheatre.org.uk/db/person/905/ Great War Theatre website]

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