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George Kelly

GEORGE KELLY

  (1887 - 1974)
Nationality:    USA
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George Kelly's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of George Kelly's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         A La Carte         Behind the Bridegroom         Craig's Wife         Daisy Mayme         Deep Mrs Sykes, The         Fatal Weakness, The         Finders Keepers         Flattering Word, The         Maggie the Magnificent         Mrs Ritter Appears         Philip Goes Forth         Poor Aubrey         Reflected Glory         Rocket For the Govenor, A         Show-Off, The         Torch Bearers, The         Weak Spot
A La Carte

Synopsis:
"Of course the Kelly sketches were good, but they seemed to need authority. they had all that recognition value that marks the Kelly products, but once you had recognised them there wasn't much left to do" Robert Benchley "Life" July 7 1927

Notes:
Music by Herman Hupfeld; Louis Alter; Norma Gregg; Paul Lannin and Creamer and Johnson; Lyrics by Louis Alter, Norma Gregg, Herman Hupfeld, Paul Lannin, Henry Creamer and Creamer and Johnson; book by George Kelly

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, New York     17 Aug 1927

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Revue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Behind the Bridegroom

Behind the Bridegroom
A well off woman discovers too late that her blind ambition has kept her from the love of a penniless man

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1st Produced:
Cort Theatre, New York     26 Dec 1927

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Craig's Wife

Craig's Wife
Harriet Craig is vain and contolling she has managed to drive away family, friends and her husband

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1st Produced:
Morosco Theatre, New York     12 Oct 1925

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Daisy Mayme

Synopsis:
a spinster of forty comes into the home of a man about her age, teaches him how to handle his self seeking relatives, and proves to him there is a lot of fun to life

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Deep Mrs Sykes, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Booth Theatre, New York     19 Mar 1945

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York 1946   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Fatal Weakness, The

Synopsis:
Olivia cannot resist a wedding - anyone's. Her husband has found a girlfriend - Olivia gives in to her "fatal weakness" and lets him go

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Finders Keepers

Synopsis:
Mrs Aldrid finds a purse with four hundred dollars in it. Mr Aldrid assumes she will return it to the rightful owner

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Flattering Word, The

Synopsis:
Tesh believes that if you flatter someone by telling them they should be on the stage you will be able to get your way with the. Unfortunately in this case he is forced to watch an excruciating evening of amateur Dramatics

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Maggie the Magnificent

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cort Theatre, New York     21 Oct 1929

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mrs Ritter Appears

Synopsis:
Mrs Ritter has been in an am dram play. Mr Ritter left before the end because he thought she was terrible in it to save himself the embarrassment. He arrives home to find a number of her friends there raving about her performance

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Philip Goes Forth

Synopsis:
Philip thinks he has the talent to be a playwright - he doesn't. Philip struggles - so do his family

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Biltmore Theatre, New York     12 Jan 1931

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc photocopied script   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Poor Aubrey

Synopsis:
An old girlfriend of his wife comes for a visit. Aubrey goes all out to impress the friend - little realising that his toupee has fallen off

Notes:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Twenty Five Best Plays Of the American theatre" published by Crown 1949   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Reflected Glory

Synopsis:
An actress ponders giving up the stage and marrying her boyfriend. Her manager breaks them up by getting her a part on Broadway. Whilst performing there she meets a guy from Chicago. Her manager does not like the way this affair is going and breaks it up. The actress realises that she is wed to the stage

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Rocket For the Govenor, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Garson

1st Produced:
Unity Theatre, London     1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Show-Off, The

Synopsis:
the struggles of a man to satisfy his enormous egotism and at the same time preserve his self respect in the presence of discouraging obstacles

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Torch Bearers, The

Synopsis:
satire on amateur Dramatics including a performance of the play by the amateurs

Notes:
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1st Produced:
48th Street Theatre, New York     29 Aug 1922

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Weak Spot

Weak Spot
Mr West thinks that Mrs West's superstations are rubbish - but when a gypsy fortune teller seems to have got her future right

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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