[2] The play was first staged as a Stratford Festival workshop directed by Bruno Gerussi, in 1965, but Herbert was unable to find a theatre company willing to mount a full production in Canada.
[3] It ultimately premiered as an off-Broadway play in New York City, produced by David Rothenberg and Mitchell Nestor, on February 14, 1967 at the Broadway Actor's Playhouse.
[9] Because of his past conviction, Herbert faced difficulties entering the United States to attend productions of his work.
[4] Fortune and Men's Eyes remains the most widely produced play in the history of Canadian theatre, both in Canada and internationally.
[4] The manual typewriter on which he composed Fortune and Men's Eyes is in the possession of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.