They toured America in 1895, where they befriended the American novelist Richard Harding Davis. At the instance of Gilbert, Hicks wrote a drama called One of the Best, a vehicle for Terriss's father William Terriss at the Adelphi Theatre, based on the famous Dreyfus trial.
In 1895, the group toured America and befriended writer Richard Harding Davis.  Hicks wrote a play titled "One of the Best" for William Terriss Sr., starring his father in the Adelphi Theatre production based on the Dreyfus case.