Anthony E. Wills

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Wills began his career as an author writing short stories.

[2] He was educated in the New York City Public Schools district, and spent some time living in Illinois and Wisconsin in the early 1890s.

[8] On April 17, 1907, the Boston Young Men's Christian Union staged the premiere of Wills' play Blundering Billy with music performed by the Arlington Orchestra.

At that time the company had two separate theatre troupes touring the country; both of which were performing Anthony's play The Struggle.

[17] The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity at the New England Conservatory of Music staged a production of Wills's Our Wives with the female characters being played by men in drag in May 1911.

[22] According to one reviewer of the film version of A Regiment of Two, Wills' play had "long been a prime favorite on the stage and has still gained more popularity now that it had been skillfully adapted as a motion picture.