| 词条 | George Kelly (playwright) |
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| name = George Kelly | image = George-Kelly-playwright.jpg | birth_name = George Edward Kelly | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1887|01|16}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|1974|06|18|1887|01|16}} | death_place = Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. | partner = William Weagley | awards = Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1926) }} George Edward Kelly (January 16, 1887 – June 18, 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He began his career in vaudeville as an actor and sketch writer. He became best known for his satiric comedies, including The Torch-Bearers (1922) and The Show-Off (1924). Early lifeKelly was born in Philadelphia, the second of ten children of Mary Ann (Costello) and John Henry Kelly, Irish immigrants. He was the brother of American businessman and Olympic champion sculler John B. Kelly Sr. and the uncle of actress Grace Kelly and rower John B. Kelly Jr. Not much is known about his early life, but he was an actor in his early years. He did not like the dramatic material available during the turn of the century, and wanted to change that. He served in France during World War I and after he came home starting writing.[1] CareerThroughout his career, Kelly remained a realistic playwright, unaffected by the experiments of theatrical modernism. Novelist Edward Maisel described him as "a simple moralist using the theatre for simple moral purposes." [2] Kelly's plays are often dominated by characters of monstrous egotism, and he casts a harsh light on their shortcomings. Uncompromising in his vision, he scrupulously avoided sentimentality and depictions of romance. Arthur Willis noted "Kelly appears to be anti-love, anti-romantic love, certainly, and distrustful of the tender emotions."[3] In his first full-length play, The Torch-Bearers, Kelly satirizes the "Little Theatre Movement", depicting it as made up of narcissistic and undisciplined amateurs. Their leader, Mrs. J. Duro Pampinelli, is a brilliant caricature of self-indulgent dilettantism. In the first act, Kelly shows the troupe incapable of conducting a competent rehearsal; in the second, he depicts with farcical brilliance their public performance collapsing in shambles. In the third act, however, the tone grows more earnest as the players are excoriated for their indulgences. In his greatest popular and commercial success, The Show-Off, Kelly focuses his critique on the figure of Aubrey Piper, a loud, lying, self-deluded businessman with an obnoxious laugh and an obvious toupee. With Craig's Wife (1925), Kelly's satire grew more severe; Harriet Craig destroys her marriage through her possessiveness and materialism. In his later plays, Kelly grew even more severe and judgmental, and his audiences grew smaller. Behold the Bridegroom (1927) shows a shallow and decadent flapper pine away when she meets a morally upright man who makes her realize her lack of character. Despite a much-praised performance by Judith Anderson in the leading role, the play ran for only 88 performances. Philip Goes Forth (1931) is the story of a young man who is much enamored of his image of himself as a young playwright. He rebels against his family and moves into a boarding house for artists, only to discover that he has no talent. It enjoyed a run of only 97 performances. Two late plays, Maggie the Magnificent (1929) and The Deep Mrs. Sykes (1929), were very poorly received and were never even published. As a result of the box-office failure of his later works, Kelly moved to Hollywood, and only rarely returned to the theatre. The Fatal Weakness (1946) was his last Broadway play. At the time of his death, four of his plays remained unperformed and have yet to premiere.[4] Personal lifeGeorge Kelly maintained a 55-year relationship with his lover William Eldon Weagley (27 November 1896 - 16 October 1975), the son of John Adams Weagley and Ella Frances Weagley, up until his death. Weagley was often referred to as his valet. That Kelly was gay was a closely guarded secret and went unacknowledged by his family to the point of not inviting Weagley to his funeral; he instead slipped in and sat quietly on a back seat.[5] Kelly died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Stage productions
References1. ^{{cite book |last=Spoto |first=Donald | title=High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly | location=New York | publisher=Harmony Books | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-307-39561-0| page=24}} 2. ^{{cite journal | last=Maisel | first=Edward | coauthors= | title=The Theatre of George Kelly | journal=Theatre Arts Magazine | volume=31 | issue=1 | pages=39 |date=February 1947}} 3. ^{{cite journal | first=Arthur | last=Willis | title=The Kelly Play | journal=Modern Drama | publisher=University of Toronto Press | volume=6 | issue=4 |date=December 1963 | pages=254 | issn=0026-7694 | doi=10.3138/md.6.3.245}} 4. ^{{cite book | last=Demastes | first=William | title=American Playwrights, 1880–1945: A Research and Production Sourcebook | location=Westport, CT | publisher=Greenwood Books | year=1995 | isbn=0-313-28638-8 | page=243 }} 5. ^{{cite book |last=Leigh |first=Wendy | title=True Grace | location=New York | publisher=Thomas Dunne Books | year=2007 | isbn=0-312-34236-5}} External links{{Commons category|George Kelly (playwright)}}{{Portal|Biography|Philadelphia}}
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