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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]

Herbert Swears
Born	26 December 1868 Surrey, United Kingdom
Died	26 December 1946(1946-12-26) (aged 78) Sussex, United Kingdom
Citizenship	British subject

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]
• 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

References

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