The Farmer's Wife is a romantic comedy play by the British writer Eden Phillpotts, based on the scenario of his novel Widecombe Fair (1913).[1] It was first staged in Birmingham in 1916. Its London premiere was at the Royal Court Theatre in 1924.[2][3] By 1926 when Laurence Olivier went on tour in the lead role, the play had already been performed 1,300 times.[4]