It was Howard's first successful play, and the beginning of his long career as one of the foremost American playwrights of the 19th century.
A version in England adapted by Francis Albert Marshall was called Brighton (after the English seaside resort town), and in Germany Seine erste und eiznige Liebe (His First and Only Love), adapted by Paul Lindau.
[8] Its strong popularity in the 1870s is evidenced by examples such as it being chosen in 1875 to be the first play performed at Cleveland's new Euclid Avenue Opera House.
[9] In 1874, Charles Wyndham debuted in the English adaptation of the play called Brighton, and performed in it to great success for many years.
[1][10] In December 1978, the Royal Shakespeare Company performed the play at the Aldwych Theatre[11] In 1989, playwright Terrence McNally put on "Up In Saratoga", a complete rewrite based on the original and directed by Jack O'Brien, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.