tells her that if she did have an affair with Dion in Boston then he, Parker, is to blame for not having traveled there with her. He begs her forgiveness, but goes on to say that “A Houseful of Silence” was an awful play, he was right to give it a bad review, and that Angela should not try to keep Parker from doing his work as a critic. He promises that if Angela writes another play he will help her, and he asks her to stay with him. Angela, charmed, relents. Dion and Ivy leave together. Angela and Parker retreat to the bedroom. Opening night cast Henry Fonda as Parker Ballantine Eddie Hodges as John Ballantine Georgann Johnson as Angela Ballantine Murray Hamilton as Dion Kapakos Billie Allen as Essie Mildred Natwick as Charlotte Orr Virginia Gilmore as Ivy London Notes References Integerity Comes First in "Critic's Choice": Comedy by Ira Levin Debut at Barrymore, by Howard Taubman. The New York Times, December 15, 1960 Botto, Louis. Playbill: At This Theatre (Applause Books, 2002) () Levin, Ira. Critic's Choice (Random House, New York, 1961) External links 1960 plays Plays by Ira Levin Broadway plays American plays adapted into films Plays set in New York City