The play was written by Salisbury Field and staged by Edgar Selwyn, and opened on Broadway on November 12, 1919 at the Harris Theatre.

Prior to opening in New York, initial performances occurred in Washington, D.C.[1] Wallace Eddinger and Margaret Lawrence played the lead roles.

[7][8] It was adapted into a silent film released in 1921 featuring Constance Talmadge.

[9] It also was staged in London, and subsequent to a touring production after closing on Broadway,[10] other productions of the play in the United States were mounted into the 1930s.

[11][12] Aside from appearing in editions of Burns Mantle's best play lists, the play has subsequently received little attention.