ABSTRACT
Pa Williams’ Gal (1923) is a play by Frank Wilson (1886-1956). Although Wilson is best remembered as a distinguished actor, he also had a career as a dramatist, which began while he was performing at the Lincoln Theater with the Anita Bush company (later the Lafayette Players). Between 1914 and 1923, Wilson produced several one-act plays for the company, but Pa Williams’ Gal was his first full-length play, a threeact comedy-drama. It premiered at the Lafayette Theater on 10 September 1923. No extant script has been found, and plot synopses are few; however, the play revolved around the conflict between a father and daughter over whom the daughter would marry.
