 Directed by Gene Saks, Christopher Plummer played Barrymore, and won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.Plummer reprised his role in Eric Canuel's 2011 film adaptation of the same name.Ben Brantley, in his review for "The New York Times", wrote "Mr. Luce's script has a lurching quality that isn't just a matter of its subject's alcoholic disjunctiveness.