 The original production was a "catastrophic failure...hissed from the Blackfriars stage..." An intended Court performance never took place, according to Jonson's epilogue to the play in the 1631 edition.Jonson was profoundly affected by the failure, and wrote about the affair in his poetic "Ode to Himself" ("Come leave the loathed stage, / And the more loathsome age...").The play was first published in octavo in 1631, printed by Thomas Harper; only two copies are known to exist.