Jenny Villiers

Jenny Villiers: A Story of the Theatre

Author	J. B. Priestley
Illustrator	M. Elaine Hancock
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Ghost story
Publisher	William Heinemann
Publication date	3 January 1947
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	IV + 190pp
OCLC	8306303

Jenny Villiers: A Story of the Theatre is a short novel by J. B. Priestley, first published in 1947.^[1]

A successful but dispirited playwright is supervising the rehearsals of his new play, The Glass Door, at an old theatre in North England. The actors are irritated by his cynical attitude, but when left alone in the darkened green room he experiences visions of a 19th-century tragedy which alter his outlook on his profession.

In 1978 it was reprinted by Stein and Day, in a collection of works by Priestley entitled My Three Favorite Novels. The others were Angel Pavement and Bright Day.

Main characters

1946

Martin Cheveril, a 50-year-old playwright
Pauline Fraser, a 45-year-old actress
Mr Otley, the manager
Ann Seward, an aspiring 23-year-old actress

1846

Jenny Villiers, a 24-year-old actress
Julian Napier, a young actor
Walter Kettle, a stagehand

References

↑ Kritzwiser, K.M. (February 16, 1948). "Time and Mr. Priestly: "Jenny Villiers"". The Leader-Post.

Works by J. B. Priestley

Novels	Benighted (1927) Adam in Moonshine (1927) Farthing Hall (1929 with Hugh Walpole) The Good Companions (1929) Angel Pavement (1930) Faraway (1932) I'll Tell You Everything (1932 with Gerald Bullett) Wonder Hero (1933) They Walk in the City: The Lovers in the Stone Forest (1936) The Doomsday Men (1938) Let the People Sing (1939) Blackout in Gretley (1942) Daylight on Saturday (1943) Three Men in New Suits (1945) Bright Day (1946) Jenny Villiers (1947) Festival at Farbridge (1951) Low Notes on a High Level (1954) The Magicians (1954) Saturn Over the Water (1961) The Shapes of Sleep (1962) Sir Michael & Sir George (1964) Lost Empires (1965) Salt Is Leaving (1966) It's an Old Country (1967) London End (1968) Out Of Town (1968) Snoggle (1971) Over The Long High Wall (1972) Found, Lost, Found (1976)

Short stories	"The Town Major of Miracourt" (1930)

Short story collections	The Other Place (1953) The Carfitt Crisis (1974)

Plays	Dangerous Corner (1932) The Roundabout (1932) Eden End (1934) Laburnum Grove (1934) Cornelius (1935) Duet in Floodlight (1935) Bees on the Boatdeck (1936) Time and the Conways (1937) I Have Been Here Before (1937) People at Sea (1937) Mystery of Greenfingers (1937) Music at Night (1938) When We Are Married (1938) Johnson Over Jordan (1939) The Long Mirror (1940) Goodnight Children (1942) Desert Highway (1944) They Came to a City (1944) An Inspector Calls (1945) The Long Mirror (1947) The Rose and Crown (1947) The Linden Tree (1948) Home is Tomorrow (1949) Bright Shadow (1950) Summer Day's Dream (1950) Dragon's Mouth (1952) Mother's Day (1953) Private Rooms (1953) Treasure on Pelican (1953) The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1956) The Glass Cage (1957)

Poetry	The Chapman of Rhymes (1918)

Screenplays	Sing As We Go (1934) Jamaica Inn (1939) Last Holiday (1950)

Non-fiction	Brief Diversions (1922) Papers from Lilliput (1922) Open House (1927) Self-selected Essays (1932) English Journey (1934) Midnight on the Desert (1937 autobiography) Rain Upon Godshill (1939 autobiography) British Women Go To War (1943) Margin Released (1962 autobiography) Man and Time (1964) The Edwardians (1970) Particular Pleasures (1975) Instead Of The Trees (1977 autobiography)

Film & TV adaptations	An Inspector Calls (1954 film) Out of the Unknown: "Level Seven" (1966 sci-fi series) An Inspector Calls (1982 film) Lost Empires (1986)