Opening on 15 October 1914 at the Longacre Theatre, the four-act "crook play" by Willard Mack, produced by A. H. Woods, ran for 188 performances. John Barrymore showed his talent as a serious actor in the role of the convicted forger who has done time in prison and is trying to go straight. According to the New York Times review (20 October 1914), "the second and third acts are almost uncomfortably tense, and the violence of the scene that brings down the third-act curtain is of the sort to draw the spectator to the very edge of his seat and keep him there."
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.