Harold Marsh Harwood (29 March 1874 – 19 April 1959) was a British businessman, playwright, screenwriter and theatre manager. He was the son of the businessman and politician

George Harwood George Harwood (14 September 1845 – 7 November 1912) was a British businessman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was born the second son of Richard Harwood who founded a firm of cotton spinners and who was at one time Mayor ...

and the husband of

F. Tennyson Jesse Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse Harwood (born Wynifried (Winifred) Margaret Jesse; 1 March 1888 – 6 August 1958) was an English criminologist, journalist and author (she also wrote as ''Wynifried Margaret Tennyson''). Early life and marriage Fryn ...

who co-wrote some of Harwood's work. ''The Pelican'' was a successful play credited to the couple. Screen writing credits include '' The Iron Duke'' and '' Queen Christina''.

Selected works

* ''

The Innocent Party ''The Innocent Party'' is a 1938 comedy play by the British writers H.M. Harwood and Laurence Kirk. A woman has to decide whether she is needed more by her husband or her lover. It premiered at the Opera House, Manchester before transferring to t ...

'' (1938, play)

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* * 1874 births 1959 deaths British dramatists and playwrights British male screenwriters British businesspeople British theatre directors British male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-playwright-stub