| Philip Phillimore | Lumsden Hare. |
| Grace Phillimore | Norah Lamison. |
| Mrs. Phillimore | Eugenie Woodward. |
| Miss Heneage | Josephine Lovett. |
| Matthew Phillimore | Albert Reed. |
| William Sudley | John Cromwell. |
| Mrs. Vida Phillimore | Mary Nash. |
| Sir Wilfrid Cates-Darby | Ernest Lawford. |
| John Karslake | Conway Tearle. |
| Mrs. Cynthia Karslake | Grace George. |
| Brooks | Selwyn Joyce. |
| Tim Fiddler | Tracy Barrow. |
| Nogam | G. Guthrie McClintic. |
| Thomas | Richard Clarke. |
| Benson | Anita Wood. |
To Marion Lea
THE NEW YORK IDEA
ACT I.
Scene. Living-room in the house of Philip Phillimore. Five P. M. of an afternoon of May. The general air and appearance of the room is that of an old-fashioned, decorous, comfortable interior. There are no electric lights and no electric bells. Two bell ropes as in old-fashioned houses. The room is in dark tones inclining to sombre and of old-fashioned elegance.
Seated in the room are Miss Heneage, Mrs. Phillimore and Thomas. Miss Heneage is a solidly built, narrow-minded woman in her sixties. She makes no effort to look younger than she is, and is expensively but quietly dressed, with heavy elegance. She commands her household and her family connection, and on the strength of a large and steady income feels that her opinion has its value. Mrs. Phillimore is a semi-professional invalid, refined and unintelligent. Her movements are weak and fatigued. Her voice is habitually plaintive and she is entirely a lady without a trace of being a woman of fashion. Thomas is an easy-mannered, but respectful family servant, un-English both in style and appearance. He has no deportment worthy of being so called, and takes an evident interest in the affairs of the family he serves.