The City

City, The (1909), a play by Clyde Fitch.[Lyric Theatre, 190 perf.] George Rand Jr. (Walter Hampden), seems to have his world by the tail. He has been nominated to run for governor, is engaged to marry Eleanor Vorhees (Helen Holmes), and has watched his sister, Cicely (Mary Nash), make an excellent marriage to his private secretary, George Frederick Hancock (Tully Marshall). But matters take an ugly turn when his father (A. H. Stuart) dies after confessing that Hancock is a secret drug addict and his illegitimate son as well. Cicely refuses to divorce Hancock, but when Rand tells him he has married his own sister, Hancock goes berserk, kills her, and attempts suicide. George prevents him from killing himself, even though Hancock has threatened to destroy Rand's career by revealing the family secrets. Rand withdraws from politics and makes a clean breast of his situation. He feared his confession to Eleanor would mean the end of their engagement, but she remains loyal. Fitch and many of his critics considered this his best play, although just how successful he was in contrasting virtuous small‐town life with corrupting city life (his expressed purpose) is debatable. The play was the last he wrote and was not mounted (by the Shuberts) until after his death. The opening night was one of the most sensational in history, with near pandemonium reportedly breaking out after Hancock, learning the truth, screamed at Rand, “You're a God damn liar!” “Damn” had been employed before, but never the complete expletive.

The City may refer to:

Contents 1 Specific real cities 2 Fictional cities 3 Art works 4 Other 5 See also

Specific real cities

• The City of London, commonly called The City
• The City of London, more specifically, the chief and historic financial district of London—and by metonymy, the British financial services sector itself
• The City of New York, often specifically its Manhattan borough, is nicknamed the City

Fictional cities

• The City (The Tick), a principal location in The Tick media
• The City (Transmetropolitan), a fictional megacity in the Vertigo comic Transmetropolitan

Art works

• The City (album), an album by Vangelis
• The City (book), a book by Maxmilian Weber
• The City (1999 TV series)
• The City (MTV series), reality television show
• The City (group), a group composed of Charles Larkey, Danny Kortchmar and Carole King
• The City (film), a 1939 documentary film by Steiner and Van Dyke
• "The City" (poem), a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy
• The City (soap series), an American soap opera
• The City (1998 film), a neo-realist film about New York Latinos
• The City (1977), a crime drama film pilot
• The City (play), by Clyde Fitch
• "The City", a song by The Dismemberment Plan from Emergency & I

Other

• The City (XM), a radio station
• The City (mall) or The Block at Orange, a shopping center in California

See also

• City (disambiguation)

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