Chapter 1

_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. BROOKS, _her footman_ George Harcourt. BENSON, _her maid_ Belle Bohn. SIR WILFRID CATES-DARBY George Arliss. JOHN KARSLAKE John Mason. MRS. CYNTHIA KARSLAKE, _his divorced wife_ Mrs. Fiske. NOGAM, _his valet_ Dudley Digges. TIM FIDDLER Robert V. Ferguson. THOMAS, THE PHILLIMORE'S _family servant_ Richard Clarke.

Scene--New York. Time--The Present.

Revived in New York at The Playhouse, Tuesday Evening, September 28, 1915, with the following Cast.

PHILIP PHILLIMORE Lumsden Hare. GRACE PHILLIMORE Norah Lamison. MRS. PHILLIMORE Eugenie Woodward. MISS HENEAGE Josephine Lovett. MATTHEW PHILLIMORE Albert Reed. WILLIAM SUDLEY John Cromwell. MRS. VIDA PHILLIMORE Mary Nash. SIR WILFRID CATES-DARBY Ernest Lawford. JOHN KARSLAKE Conway Tearle. MRS. CYNTHIA KARSLAKE Grace George. BROOKS Selwyn Joyce. TIM FIDDLER Tracy Barrow. NOGAM G. Guthrie McClintic. THOMAS Richard Clarke. BENSON Anita Wood.

_To Marion Lea_

THE NEW YORK IDEA