It’s a comedy of country and city life when well-intentioned and determined lovers of each must contend with falling in love with one another. The valiant effort of a city boy to break himself to his country wife’s little town nearly succeeds, in spite of its inertia and judgements. At least his failure opens some hitherto closed eyes and hearts.

Metropolitan audiences may remember Augustin Daly’s Under the Gaslight and Leah, the Forsaken. In this lower-keyed domestic comedy, the truth and familiarity of character and motive resonate clearly and deeply.  

Describing a small New York City social set of the 1890s, the play’s argument is a cosmopolitan one today: that only with tolerance of differences, indulgence of follies, and forgiveness of indiscretions, can we fully live our lives and love one another.  In the chill winter of a contentious time, Metropolitan is delighted to present such bright and optimistic fare as the third production of our Season of Resilience.

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