The story
“Gerald Leigh, an eminent playwright, is discouraged in his search for just the right types to take the leading roles in his new rural romance, The Plowman. At last, in complete despair, he goes to the country to take a much needed rest. There he meets Phoebe Newell and her swain, William Sewall. Leigh watches their courtship—and at last is convinced that here, at last, he has found two truly rural types. Though the young country people appear shy and unsophisticated, he is convinced that each of them possesses the making of a successful player. He induces them to return with him to the city, promising that he will make them famous. Phoebe and William make a tremendous hit. On the opening night, jaded New Yorkers wildly applaud these wonderful ‘discoveries’ of the playwright. But the next morning Leigh learns that his stars are a young married couple, already famous as heads of a stock company in one of the smaller cities, whom, in his early search for ‘types’ he actually had turned down. Now Leigh is not so keen about ‘types’ as he used to be. For he has learned that really clever actors can play almost anything.”
Summary from Reel Life · 29 May 1915
