The Man They Could Not Hang (play)

The Man They Could Not Hang is a play based on the life of John Babbacombe Lee. 
The newspaper "Lloyd's Weekly" had published Lee's story, contributing to the re-opening of the case and Lee's release. "Lloyd's" then suggested to Lee that he dramatise his story to make some money; Lee agreed and Claude Murrell was commissioned.
The play was turned into an Australian film, "The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang" (1912).