The original stage production ran on Broadway for 1444 performances, from January 10 1941 to June 17 1944.
The third and last television broadcast in which Boris Karloff plays Jonathan Brewster, the role he created on stage. Producers prevented him from joining many of the original cast for the film adaptation for fear of the impact on the Box Office. The first aired on The Ford Theatre Hour on April 11, 1949. The second aired on The Best of Broadway on January 5, 1955.
Boris Karloff received a 'Special Guest Star' credit.