The play by Zangwill, a London-born son of Russian Jewish immigrants who was a Zionist, made its debut in Washington in 1908 and played in New York for four months the next year.

• Zangwill出生在伦敦，是一位俄罗斯犹太人移民的儿子，其父亲是一个拥护犹太复国运动者。这部由Zangwill编导的戏剧1908年在华盛顿首次登台亮相，并且1909年在纽约演出了四个月。