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New York Idea, Next At Putnam PlayhouseMad? Correll In Major Role of Play Chosen by George Freedley, Drama CdUor* New York Morning Telegraph.— ■ iLangdon Mitchell's The New York | Idea0 first took Broadway by storm j in 1906, Mrs. Fiske created the orlg- j Inal role of Cynthia Karslake at the | time and later, In 1915, Grace George , revived the piece. Mady Correll, whose work this season at the Putnam County Playhouse has added to her Broadway and Hollywood fame, will take this part.When The New York Idea” was first presented it caused a furor because it laid bare the divorce foibles ‘ and troubles of “smart society/' The j play is a very rare mixture of artlflc- 1 iality and reality* The lines are In- | stinct with comedy. The dialogue scintillates. The characters are what people pretend to be as well as what people are.In addition to Mady Correll, Tom (McDermott, who appeared in the opening plays of the season, .will return. Jill Miller will direct and also play the part of Vida Phlllimore. Sets as rsual will be done by Jan Spencer
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Brewster Standard
Brewster, New York, US
Thu, Aug 19, 1948
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