Cline wrote, or co-wrote, five plays, none of which have ever been published. Two were produced; three were not. Versions of three of the plays survive; two apparently do not. One of those that does not survive is Cline's first, a one-act play titled "Simon Magus," which was produced in Detroit on Tuesday, June 1st, 1920. (This is the same play that Cline tried unsuccessfully to get Maurice Browne to produce at the Little Theatre in Chicago in 1918. It was then titled "The Lord and the Lady.")Here is a scan of the playbill for the 1920 performance, and along with it the review by Marjorie McKeown that appeared in the Detroit News on the next day, 2 June 1920. This review gives a summary of the play, and represents all we know about this interesting early work. (Click on the scans to enlarge them.)
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