[2] The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway.
The show ran for 202 performances, which Goldman put down to Douglas and some decent reviews.
According to Goldman, "Someone who had been with the production all the way" felt the play was "too literary... but the critics loved Douglas and forgave us.
Face it; we were lucky.”[3] Goldman added the production "is a perfect example of what makes Broadway such a crap game.
You could have said, “A nice job by Douglas can’t save Spofford from being a bore”; or you could have said, as the critics tended to, “Douglas makes Spofford a gentle, pleasant evening in the theatre.” These freak things happen.