Son to come back and stay with him. The Son reveals that he hates the family for sending him away and does not consider The Stepdaughter or the others a part of his family. The scene ends with The Child drowning in a fountain, The Boy committing suicide with a revolver, and The Stepdaughter running out of the theater, leaving The Son, The Mother, and The Father on stage. The play ends with The Director confused over whether it was real or not, concluding that in either case he lost a whole day over it. Productions Première The play was staged in 1921 by the Compagnia di Dario Niccodemi at the Valle Theatre in Rome to mixed results. The public split into supporters and adversaries. The author, who was present at the presentation with his daughter Lietta, was forced to leave the theatre through a side exit in order to avoid the crowd of opponents. However, the play was a great success when presented in Milan. West End production, 1922 The first production in English was given at the Kingsway Theatre, London on 26 February 1922, directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky, with the following cast: The Father – Franklin Dyall The Mother – Lilian Moubrey The Stepdaughter – Muriel Pratt The Son – William Armstrong The Boy – Frederick Peisley The Little Girl – Sylvia Spagnoletti Madame Pace – Margaret Yarde The Manager and Leading Comedian – Alfred Clark The Leading Man – George Hayes The Leading Lady – Sylvia Young The Juvenile Man – Maurice Colbourne The Juvenile Lady – Elizabeth Arkell The Heavy Lady – Muriel Hope The Third Actor – Hugh Owen The Fourth Actor – D. A. Clarke-Smith The Stage Manager – Matthew Forsyth The Prompter – J. Leslie Frith The Stage Doorkeeper – Gilbert Davis Broadway and off-Broadway productions American premiere: 30 October 1922, 136 performances, Princess Theatre, directed by Brock Pemberton 26 February 1924, 17 performances, 44th Street Theatre, directed by Brock Pemberton 15 April 1931, 13 performances, Bijou Theatre, staged by William W. Schorr 11 December 1955, 65 performances, Phoenix Theatre, adapted by Tyrone Guthrie and Michael Wager based on a translation by Frank Tauritz, staged by Tyrone Guthrie 8 March 1963, 529 performances, Martinique Theatre, directed by William Ball, received Outer Critics Circle Award and three Obie Awards Other 1931: Tyrone Guthrie directed the play at the Westminster Theatre in London 1948: Ngaio