The Play's the Thing
Clifton Boyle, a lead actor in a disbanded theater troupe. Boyle returns home to find his sister dying; she reveals she married Harold Welles, another actor, who abandoned her and their deceased baby. Boyle swears vengeance on Welles. Boyle tracks Welles down and uses the theatrical world to enact his revenge, making a real-life drama out of his sister's tragedy.
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Walter Edwards
Clifton Boyle
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Scott Sidney Director
United States release February 19, 1914 · Produced in United States
Production
Domino Film Company
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · February 19, 1914
Theatrical
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