Edith Carter

Edith Carter was an English stage actor 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 Carter