 Lulu eventually has to prevent Di from eloping, and is finally inspired to move out of her sister's home and live independently.Gale first adapted the novel for a play that opened on Broadway on December 27, 1920 starring Carroll McComas.Two endings were written for the play, the original as seen in December 1920 (and the ending that won Gale the Pulitzer Prize from Drama; the first woman ever to do so) has Lulu starting a life on her own and undertaking adventures of her own as we hear in her final lines, "Good-by.