Soon after the birth, he began rehearsals for Clair de Lune, which his wife had adapted from Victor Hugo's 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs.
Pouco despois do nacemento da súa filla, Barrymore comezou os ensaios para Clair de Lune, obra adaptada pola súa muller da novela de 1869 The Man Who Laughs, de Victor Hugo.