Vaudeville Theatre, London (April 1979) with Edward Fox, Pauline Jameson and Avril Elgar.Phoenix Theatre, London (June 1956) with Paul Scofield, Sybil Thorndike and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies.Mercury Theatre, London (November 1946) with Alan Wheatley, Catherine Lacey and Henrietta Watson.Other productions of the play have included: The play was first performed on 21 March 1939 at the Westminster Theatre, London, with Michael Redgrave as Harry, Helen Haye as Lady Monchensey and Catherine Lacey as Agatha. Some critics have thought aspects of the tormented hero reflect Eliot's difficulties with his estrangement from his first wife.
The play was unsuccessful when first presented in 1939, and was later regarded as unsatisfactory by its author, but has been successfully revived since the 1940s. Written mostly in blank verse (though not iambic pentameter), it incorporates elements from Greek drama and mid-twentieth-century detective plays to portray the hero's journey from guilt to redemption. For other subjects containing the term "family reunion", see Family reunion (disambiguation).
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