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Representative Plays by American Dramatists

LYRIC THEATRE

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REGINALD DeKOVEN,Proprietor

SAM S. and LEE SHUBERT (Inc.),Lessees and Managers

NINTH AND LAST WEEK. BEGINNING MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 14, 1907. Matinee Saturday.

Under the Direction of HARRISON GREY FISKE

MRS. FISKE

—AND—

THE MANHATTAN COMPANY

Presenting a Play in Four Acts, Entitled

THE NEW YORK IDEA

BY LANGDON MITCHELL

Cast of Characters.

Philip PhillimoreCharles Harbury

Mrs. Phillimore, his motherIda Vernon

The Reverend Mathew Phillimore, his brotherDudley Clinton

Grace Phillimore, his sisterEmily Stevens

Miss Heneage, his auntBlanche Weaver

William Sudley, his cousinDudley Digges

Mrs. Vida Phillimore, his divorced wifeMarion Lea

Brooks, her footmanFrederick Kerby

Benson, her maidBelle Bohn

Sir Wilfrid Cates-DarbyGeorge Arliss

John KarslakeJohn Mason

Mrs. Cynthia Karslake, his divorced wifeMrs. Fiske

Nogam, his valetJames Morley

Tim FiddlerRobert V. Ferguson

Thomas, the Phillimore's family servantRichard Clarke

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.

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