At the conclusion of the novel, Lulu discovers that her marriage to Ninian is invalid and weds another suitor, Neil Cornish. In all versions, Lulu returns to the Deacon home in Act III, announcing that Ninian has a previous wife who may not be dead. The play, subtitled “An American Comedy of Manners,” opened at the Belmont Theatre in New York on December, 27,1920. Broadway producer Brock Pemberton asked Gale to dramatize her novel, a feat she accomplished in little more than a week. Miss Lulu Bett began life as a best-selling short novel in 1919. When Dwight’s world-traveling brother Ninian arrives for a visit, he sympathizes with Lulu’s plight and the two are accidentally married in a ceremony that is intended as a joke but turns out to be valid. Lulu’s chief nemesis is her brother-in-law Dwight Deacon, a petty tyrant who mocks the women of the family. The title character is a spinster of thirty-three who does all the work for her sister Ina’s demanding family. The play is set in a small town in the Midwest. Miss Lulu Bett: An American Comedy of Manners.
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