Some scenes from Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1909 play written by the American playwright Paul Armstrong (1869–1915), based on the 1903 short story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. This was performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, on March 30, 1910.
It has four acts, a large cast, four settings, and fast pacing. The story follows a former safecracker's attempt to go straight, and the choice he must make between saving a child's life and exposing himself to arrest.
New York Times : 1910/03/30 LONDON SEES AMERICAN PLAY; " Alias Jimmy Valentine" Presented ... LONDON, March 29.-"Alias Jimmy Valentine," which is running at Wallack's Theatre in New York, was produced here to-night by Charles Frohman at the Comedy Theatre and met a reception
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