The Old Glory was initially produced off - Broadway in 1964 for the American Place Theatre .
Poet Robert Lowell wrote a stage adaptation of Benito Cereno for The Old Glory , his trilogy of plays , in 1964 .
The trilogy   was initially produced off - Broadway in 1964 for the American Place Theatre .
Poet Robert Lowell wrote a stage adaptation of Benito Cereno for The Old Glory , his trilogy of plays , in 1964 .