The Old Maid (by Zoe Akins; Harry Moses, producer). Memorable heroines in U. S. fiction are in the minority. But on the theory that women are the theatre's best customers, the U. S. stage has for years been the haven of commercially successful female characterizations. Some of the most successful of these have been the creation of Zoe Akins (Déclassée, The Greeks Had a Word for It). Currently she has borrowed a pair of early 19th Century New Yorkers from Edith Wharton's novel. The Old Maid, brought them together with a resounding impact.
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