 The acting of Fontanne and Lunt, however, was consistently praised, though "The Daily Express" called the production "a waste of expensive talent".Lunt won a Tony Award for best actor in the 1955 Broadway production, which also starred Fontanne and featured Brian Aherne, Edna Best and Jerome Kilty.The Broadway run lasted for 159 performances and could have profitably run for longer, but the Lunts preferred to close in March 1955.