The original play by
André Josset was first performed on 19 October 1935 at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, with
Germaine Dermoz (Elizabeth),
Jacques Erwin (Essex),
Jean Fleur (Lord Burghley),
René Rocher (Robert Cecil),
Paul Oettly (Francis Bacon),
Jean Vernier (Anthony Bacon), Marie Reinhardt (Mary Howard).
