Eugene O'Neill's early full-length drama of romance stunted by puritanical attitudes was produced by the Provincetown Players on 27 December 1920, achieving an initial 74-performance run. In 1921, it transferred to Broadway. Thirty years pass between the two acts, during which period the ingénue (played by Mary Blair) evolves into a foolish spinster who seems to adumbrate the grotesque virgins of Tennessee Williams.*
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.