 Eugene ONeill (I) (qv)s play opened on Broadway, New York City,  New York, USA on 1 November 1920 and ran for 204 performances. Black  actor Charles Gilpin (qv) played the title role, the first time an  important black role was not played by a white man in blackface.  There were 3 New York revivals; Paul Robeson (qv) played the title  character in the 1925 production.