The Old Maid (play)

The Old Maid (play)

"The Old Maid" is a 1935 play adapted by American playwright Zoe Akins from the Edith Wharton novel of the same title.

The Irish dramatist Arthur Murphy also wrote a play of the same name, which was first produced in 1761.

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