THE TORCH-BEARERS
“There will be actresses when husbands are a thing of the past.”
--_Mrs. Pampinelli._
THE TORCH-BEARERS
_A Satirical Comedy
in_
THREE ACTS
_By_ GEORGE KELLY
[Illustration]
_Preface by_
KENNETH MACGOWAN
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
AMERICAN LIBRARY SERVICE
1923
_Copyright 1923_
AMERICAN LIBRARY SERVICE
_All Rights Reserved._
“The Torch-Bearers,” by George Kelly, was presented by Stewart and
French for the first time on any stage at the Savoy Theatre, Asbury
Park, New Jersey, on the night of Monday, August 14, 1922, with the
following cast:
MR. FREDERICK RITTER MR. ARTHUR SHAW
MR. HUXLEY HOSSEFROSSE MR. DOUGLAS GARDEN
MR. SPINDLER MR. EDWARD REESE
MR. RALPH TWILLER MR. BOOTH HOWARD
TEDDY SPEARING MR. WILLIAM CASTLE
MR. STAGE MANAGER MR. J. A. CURTIS
MRS. PAULA RITTER MISS MARY BOLAND
MRS. J. DURO PAMPINELLI MISS ALISON SKIPWORTH
MRS. NELLY FELL MISS HELEN LOWELL
MISS FLORENCE MCCRICKETT MISS ROSE MARY KING
MRS. CLARA SHEPPARD MISS DAISY ATHERTON
JENNY MISS MARY GILDEA
Play staged by the Author
NOTE--
The form of the present manuscript is exactly that in which this play
was presented during its run at the Vanderbilt Theatre, New York
City, New York.
--_The Author._
THE TORCH-BEARERS
CAST
MR. FREDERICK RITTER
MR. HUXLEY HOSSEFROSSE
MR. SPINDLER
MR. RALPH TWILLER
TEDDY SPEARING
MR. STAGE MANAGER
MRS. PAULA RITTER (_Ritter’s wife_)
MRS. J. DURO PAMPINELLI
MRS. NELLY FELL
MISS FLORENCE MCCRICKETT
MRS. CLARA SHEPPARD
JENNY (_a housemaid at Ritter’s_)
SCENE
ACT I--A kind of drawing-room in the home of Frederick Ritter, on an
evening in October, about 8 o’clock.