A stage play based on the 1886 novel by British author 'Maxwell Gray' (Mary Gleed Tuttiett). The novel was also adapted to the screen by a number of filmmakers, including Raymond Longford's 1914 film The Silence of Dean Maitland; a 1915 version, with 'picture play' (screenplay) written by British author Herbert H. Hainton; a 1915 American film produced under the title Sealed Lips; and Ken G. Hall's 1934 film The Silence of Dean Maitland, with the screenplay written by Gayne Dexter and Edmund Barclay.
The earliest production of Scott's play established to date occurred at the Adelaide Bijou Theatre on 3 February 1894 (ctd. Sydney Morning Herald, 10 February 1984, p.5).