The Play's the Thing

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Walter Edwards Clifton Boyle

Leona Hutton Nell

Robyn Adair Harold Welles

Gladys Brockwell Clifton's Sister

Shorty Hamilton Porter