 Cyril Smith in G.K. Chesterton's first play "Magic" in 1914 at the Little Theatre was also highly praised.Transferring to Broadway, he appeared in 1915 in the "Man Who Married A Dumb Wife" opposite Lillah McCarthy in its first presentation on an English speaking stage, reprised his role in "Androcles", as Peter Quince in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and in Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma".He followed by playing solicitor's managing clerk Robert Cokeson in "Justice" (1916), Oliver Blayds in "The Truth about Blayds" (1922), and Old Man Minick in "Minick" (1924).