Jay Hickory Wood (died 26 August 1913, Purley, Kent)[1][2] was an English playwright, novelist, and biographer.
His first pantomime performed in London's West End was Puss'n Boots at the Garrick Theatre in 1899.
He wrote new pantomimes for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 13 consecutive seasons.
[3] Several of these were adapted into musicals produced on Broadway by Klaw and Erlanger, including The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast (1901) and Mother Goose (1903).
[3] His books included the novels The Chronicles of Mr. Pottersby (1898)[5] and Coronation Chuckles (1911),[6] and the short story collection Recitations: Comic and Otherwise (1898).