Short film
The Play's the Thing
1914 · 16 min
A somber, theatrical tale of grief and vengeance, unfolding with earnest melodrama and a quiet, brooding intensity.
- Directed by
- Scott Sidney
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Walter Edwards, Leona Hutton, Robyn Adair
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Dark, melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Revenge, grief, betrayal, family
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Scott Sidney
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Walter Edwards, Leona Hutton, Robyn Adair
