The original production premiered on September 20, 1962 at
Henry Miller Theatre and closed after 116 performances on December 29, 1962. The show was directed by John Fernald, scenery and lighting design by Eldon Elder, and costume design by
Ramse Mostoller. The cast starred
Kynaston Reeves (Thomas Crawford),
Christopher Hewett (Tom Orbell),
Brewster Mason (Sir Lewis Eliot),
Brenda Vaccaro (Laura Howard),
Kenneth Mars (Martin Eliot),
Francis Compton (G.H. Winslow),
Edward Atienza (M. H. L. Gay),
Donald Moffat (Julian Skeffington),
Geoffrey Lumsden (Sir Francis Getliffe), Edgar Daniels (Arthur Brown),
Patrick Waddington (Alec Nightingale),
Elizabeth Hubbard (Margaret Eliot),
Keith Baxter (Donald Howard), and
Paxton Whitehead (Gilbert Dawson-Hill). ==Sources==