Production History
Productions of the play have won major theater awards. For example, the 1967 New York production received four Tony Awards: the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Paul Rogers), the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Ian Holm), the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (Peter Hall), and the Tony Award for Best Play (Alexander H. Cohen, prod.). A film of the play, also entitled The Homecoming and also directed by Peter Hall, was released in 1973; part of the two-season subscription series American Film Theatre in the United States, it is available on both VHS and DVD and distributed by Kino on Video ("Collection Two" ).
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