The Play's the Thing (1914)

Release Date: 1914-02-19
Runtime: 0h 16min
Production Company: Domino Film Company
Production Country: United States of America
Director: Scott Sidney

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.