Metropolitan Playhouse
The American Legacy 220 East Fourth Street ~ New York, New York
10009
Administration: (212) 995 8410 ~ Tickets: (212) 995 5302 |
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Some History:
Evening B |
Russian Tea |
Dramaturgy by Gladys Foxe;
Edited by Dana Sumner-Pritchard |
Russian Tea features
the real life character John S. Sumner (1876–1971),
an admiral’s son, head of New
York Society for the Suppression of Vice
from 1915-50.
The New York Society for the
Suppression of Vice (NYSSV or SSV) was founded in 1873
and was dedicated to supervising the morality of the
public. Its specific mission was to monitor compliance
with state laws and work with the courts and district
attorneys in bringing offenders to justice. It and its
members also pushed for additional laws against
perceived immoral conduct. While the NYSSV is better
remembered for its opposition to literary works, it also
closely monitored the news-stands, commonly found on
city sidewalks and in transportation terminals, which
sold the popular magazines of the day. Under Sumner's leadership, the
NYSSV forced Stanisław Przybyszewski's Homo sapiens More on Sumner and
NYSSV
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