Hobson's choice (disambiguation)

A Hobson's choice is one that must be taken or left.

The term may refer to:

Places

• Hobson's Choice (Woodbine, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Howard County, Maryland
• Hobson's Choice (Alberta, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Brunswick County, Virginia

Films, plays, and ballets

• Hobson's Choice (play), by Harold Brighouse (1915), which has been adapted numerous times:
  • Hobson's Choice (1920 film), a silent film directed by Percy Nash
  • Hobson's Choice (1931 film), directed by Thomas Bentley
  • Hobson's Choice (1954 film), directed by David Lean
  • Walking Happy, a 1966 Broadway musical by Jimmy Van Heusen
  • Hobson's Choice (1983 film), a TV-movie directed by Gilbert Cates
  • Hobson's Choice, a 1989 ballet by David Bintley

In literature

• "Hobson's Choice", a 1952 short story written by Alfred Bester
• The Terminal Experiment, a 1995 science fiction novel originally serialised under the title Hobson's Choice