The New York Idea
New York Idea, The
Author: Langdon Mitchell
First Performance: 1906, New York
Published: 1906
Genre: Romantic com. in 4 acts
Setting: New York, 1900s
Cast: 9m, 6f
The dashing John Karslake and his pretty wife Cynthia are imbued with the ‘New York idea’ that marriage and divorce are matters not to be taken too seriously. Consequently, they have become divorced and now seek new partners. Cynthia becomes engaged to a pompous, conservative judge Philip Phillimore, while Karslake starts to develop an interest in the judge's divorced wife Vida, who is something of a maneater. Just before her wedding, however, Cynthia has second thoughts about marrying the boring judge. She fears that Karslake may marry Vida and rushes off to see him. To her great relief, the ex-wife has married an English ladies’...
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