Kelly, George [Edward]

Kelly, George [Edward]( 1887–1974),
actor, director, and playwright. He wrote many one-act plays, and his longer works include The Torch-Bearers (1922, revised 1938), a satire on the little-theater movement; The Show-Off (1924), a comedy dealing with a successful braggart; Craig's Wife (1925, Pulitzer Prize), a character study of a domineering woman who turns her family against her; and Daisy Mayme (1926). Later plays include Behold the Bridegroom (1927), Maggie the Magnificent (1929), Philip Goes Forth (1931), Reflected Glory (1936), and The Fatal Weakness (1946).