remember his father served a
term in the Senate."

Altogether "The New York Idea" is, from the intellectual
point of view, the most remarkable piece of work I have
encountered in America. It is probably too true to the
details of American life to have much success in England; but
the situation at the end of the third act could not fail to
bring down the house even here. It would take too long to
describe it in detail. Suffice it to say that just at the
point where _Cynthia Karslake_ dismisses her second
bridegroom, to return to her first, the choir assembled for
the marriage ceremony, mistaking a signal, bursts forth with
irresistibly ludicrous effect into "The Voice That Breathed
O'er Eden."[B]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote A: At the Kammerspiel Theatre, Berlin, under the direction
of Max Reinhardt, October 7, 1916. There are translations in Danish,
Swedish and Hungarian.]

[Footnote B: _The Editor takes the occasion to express his thanks to
Mr. William Archer for his kind permission to quote this analysis of
the play._]

LYRIC THEATRE

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 Phillimore Charles Harbury
Mrs. Phillimore, his mother Ida Vernon
The Reverend Mathew Phillimore, his brother Dudley Clinton
Grace Phillimore, his sister Emily Stevens
Miss Heneage, his aunt Blanche Weaver
William Sudley, his cousin Dudley Digges
Mrs. Vida Phillimore, his divorced wife Marion Lea
Brooks, her footman Frederick Kerby
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 James Morley
Tim Fiddler Robert V. Ferguson
Thomas, the Phillimore's family servant Richard Clar