 The play by Clare Kummer (qv) originally opened on Broadway at the  Booth Theatre on 5 February 1917, and ran for 144 performances  before closing for the summer (there was no air conditioning in  those days). It then reopened on 10 October 1917 at the Plymouth  Theatre. The opening night cast included Katharine Alexander (qv),  William Gillette (qv), Estelle Winwood (qv) and  Roland Young (I) (qv).