# The Torch-Bearers: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts

By George Kelly.

"The Torch-Bearers: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts" by George Kelly is a stage play written in 1922. A housewife takes to the stage while her husband is away on business, embracing amateur theatrics with consequences. The three-act structure follows a rehearsal at the couple's home, the actual performance, and the aftermath. Set within the Little Theatre Movement, Kelly's satire skewers the pretensions and follies of community theater. The play premiered in New Jersey before transferring to Broadway and has enjoyed multiple revivals. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Author of introduction, etc.: Kenneth Macgowan
- Subjects: Comedy plays; Interpersonal relations -- Drama; Upper class -- Drama; Amateur theater -- Drama

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- [Torch-Bearers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/14622) by George Kelly (4 h 57 min, English)

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