White Wings a Play by Philip Barry Author:Philip Barry, Donald Ogden Stewart 1927. No dramatist examined the life and manners of America's privileged class with more clarity and sensitivity than Philip Barry. Manor born himself, Barry was educated at both Yale and Harvard and was at home among the members of the famed Algonquin Round Table. His play, White Wings, is a fantastic satire on ritual and tradition told in term... more »s of a family of street cleaners.« less