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 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. 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.