ɪt wʌz pɹədˈuːst ˈɔfbɹˈɔːdweɪ wɪð bˈiətɹɪs stɹˈeɪt ænd mˈɪldɹɪd dˈʌnək, ænd dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd baɪ pˈɔːleɪmˈiːl dˈeɪbɚ; ɐ pɹədˈʌkʃən wˌɪtʃ stˈænli kˈɔːfmən ʌvðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz ɹᵻfˈɜːd tʊ æz “ðə bˈɛst pɚfˈoːɹməns ɪn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ əvə klˈæsɪk fɹˈɛntʃ tɹˈædʒədi ðæt aɪ hæv sˈiːn.”.
It was produced Off-Broadway with Beatrice Straight and Mildred Dunnock, and directed by Paul-Emile Deiber; a production which Stanley Kauffmann of the New York Times referred to as “the best performance in English of a classic French tragedy that I have seen.”.