winning play opened in New York City, New York,  USA on 7 January 1935 and had 305 performance. The leads were played  by Judith Anderson (I) (qv) and Helen Menken (qv).  Ernst Lubitsch (qv) bought rights to the play, intending to star  both Anderson and Menken in a Paramount production, but Warner Bros.  bought the rights from him in January 1939.