 In the 1970s, the Chelsea produced plays that were unfamiliar to most spectators, even to many theater professionals.These included unusual European classics, new plays, and major works by well-known playwrights that were too complex and expensive for most non-profit theaters and too limited in audience appeal for most commercial producers.For instance, the Chelsea staged the first uncut production of Jean Genet's seven-hour long "The Screens" and the first New York production of Peter Handke's "Kaspar".