Wives Have Their Uses

Wives Have Their Uses is a 1938 Australian stage play by Gwen Meredith. It is a comedy.

The Sydney Morning Herald called it " one of the wittiest, most entertaining and best constructed comedies by an Australian author. With this initial full-length effort, Miss Meredith enters the front rank of Australian playwrights; for in no way is her work amateurish or derivative. It is not only keenly humorous and possesses a definite intelligent trend, but has a good psychological basis for its sparkling dialogue."

Leslie Rees argued the play "seemed to break new ground — in Australia at any rate — with its Maughamesque wit and comedy of divorce."

The play was performed around Australia in amateur theatres and helped launch Meredith's career.

Wives Have Their Uses was published in book form at a time when that was rare for Australian plays.

Premise
A philandering husband has to deal with his wife at a resort.