Historic Photo Gallery: 1921 to 1940
1929
In 1929 the Walnut presented
Maggie the Magnificent by Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright George Kelly. A member of the prominent Philadelphia Kelly family,
George was brother to John, an Olympic rowing champion, and uncle to future
Princess Grace of Monoco. Kelly got his start in vaudeville, but went on to
have success as a playwright with
The Show-Off and
Craig's Wife, among other
plays. (Photograph courtesy of the Theatre Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.)
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