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Out of the Past, Out of the Vestpocket

by Joel Lobenthal

Revivals of Crothers and Kelly in two local theaters Rachel Crothers and George Kelly were two of the 20th century's most important American playwrights; today, however, their work exists in a state of semi-obscurity, semi-rediscovery.  This month the Metropolitan Playhouse brings back Crothers's 1910 A Man's World, while the Mint Theater gives us Kelly's 1931 Philip Goes Forth.  Both plays have som…

SOURCE: cityarts.info at 8:02pm on October 1, 2013