The cast included Olive Deering, Lloyd Gough, Martin Wolfson, Norma Green, and Curt Conway.

[5] Brooks Atkinson stated in his review of the work in The New York Times, "it is very exciting in performance, which is all that matters.

"[6] Although Aaron Copland called it one of "the most original works in that form composed in this county,"[7] the play was a failure.

Howard Taubman reviewing the 1960 production for The New York Times, said, "it bogs down in a swamp of pedestrian cliches.

"[10] The show finally received a fully staged production at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco on October 22, 2001.