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ACT I--Drawing-Room in the Phillimore house. Washington Square.
_Wednesday afternoon, at five o'clock._

ACT II--Mrs. Vida Phillimore's Boudoir. Fifth Avenue.
_Thursday morning at eleven._

ACT III--Same as Act I.
_Thursday evening, at ten._

ACT IV--John Karslake's House. Madison Avenue.
_Thursday, at midnight._

Scene--New York Time--The Present.

The production staged by Mr. and Mrs. Fiske.

THE NEW YORK IDEA

_A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS_

By LANGDON MITCHELL

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY LANGDON MITCHELL

[This play, copyrighted in 1907, 1908, and published originally by
Walter H. Baker and Co., of Boston, Mass., is fully protected and the
right of representation is reserved. Application for the right of
performing this play may be made to Alice Kauser, 1402 Broadway, New
York, N. Y. The Editor takes this opportunity of thanking Mr. Langdon
Mitchell for his great interest in the compilation of this Collection,
and for his permission to have "The New York Idea" used in it. The
complete revision of the stage directions, especially for this volume,
makes it possible to regard the play, here printed, as the only
authentic version.]

THE PEOPLE.

PHILIP PHILLIMORE, _a Judge on the bench, age 50_.
GRACE PHILLIMORE, _his sister, age 20_.
MRS. PHILLIMORE, _his mother, age 70_.
MISS HENEAGE, _his aunt, age 60_.
MATTHEW PHILLIMORE, _his brother--a bishop, age 45_.
WILLIAM SUDLEY, _his cousin, age 50_.
MRS. VIDA PHILLIMORE, _his divorced wife, age 35_.
SIR WILFRID CATES-DARBY.
JOHN KARSLAKE, _lawyer, politician and racing-man, age 35_.
MRS. CYNTHIA KARSLAKE, _his divorced wife, age 25_.
BROOKS, MRS. PHILLIMORE'S _footman_.
TIM FIDDLER, MR. KARSLAKE'S _trainer_.
NOGAM, _his valet_.
THOMAS, _the family servant of the_ PHILLIMORES, _age 45_.
BENSON, MRS. VIDA PHILLIMORE'S _maid, age 20_.

The following is the Cast for the evening performance at the Lyric
Theatre, New York, Monday, November 19, 1906.

PHILIP PHILLIMORE Charles Harbury.
MRS. PHILLIMORE, _his mother_ Ida Vernon.
THE REVEREND MATTHEW PHILLIMORE, _his brother_ Dudley Clinton.
GRACE PHILLIMORE, _his sister_ Emily Stevens.
MISS HENEAGE, _his aunt_ Blanche Weaver.
WILLIAM SUDLEY, _his cousin_ William B. Mack.
MRS. VIDA PHILLIMORE, _his divorced wife_ Marion Lea