![Director Garson Kanin [standing at table], Diane Cilento [seated at table left], Ruth Gordon [seated at table middle], Zero Mostel [seated at table right], Mildred Natwick [background left], Sam Levene [background middle] and Ernest Truex [background right] in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3994060&t=b)
![Zero Mostel [seated in center foreground], Sam Levene [seated at right foreground], Bill Becker [seated in background] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3994061&t=b)
![Ruth Gordon [foreground left], Zero Mostel [foreground right], Mildred Natwick [background left], Sam Levene [background center] and Ernest Truex [background right] in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5034339&t=b)
![Zero Mostel [at left foreground in center in group of three], Sam Levene [in front of Mostel], Mildred Natwick [left of center in patterned dress], Diane Cilento [right of center in black dress], director Garson Kanin [center with arms raised], Ernest Truex [fourth from right with legs crossed], Ruth Gordon [third from right in plaid skirt ] and ensemble in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5034340&t=b)
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Diane Cilento [second from left], Ernest Truex [center with crossed legs], Ruth Gordon [right with plaid skirt] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup
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![Diane Cilento [second from left], Ernest Truex [center with crossed legs], Ruth Gordon [right with plaid skirt] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5034341&t=b)
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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Diane Cilento [second from left], Ernest Truex [center with crossed legs], Ruth Gordon [right with plaid skirt] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76775ab0-0c14-0130-edc4-58d385a7b928
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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Diane Cilento [second from left], Ernest Truex [center with crossed legs], Ruth Gordon [right with plaid skirt] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76775ab0-0c14-0130-edc4-58d385a7b928
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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1960). Diane Cilento [second from left], Ernest Truex [center with crossed legs], Ruth Gordon [right with plaid skirt] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76775ab0-0c14-0130-edc4-58d385a7b928
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![Diane Cilento [second from left], Ernest Truex [center with crossed legs], Ruth Gordon [right with plaid skirt] and unidentified others in rehearsal for the stage production of The Good Soup](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5034341&t=t)