The present work was cast in an edition of 21 by Gorham Co. Founders between 1924 and 1958. There were 11 more casts produced, 10 by Roman Bronze Works and one metal pattern cast by Gorham in 1928 and assembled by Roman Bronze Works in 1973.

In Charles Aronson's 1973 publication, Sculptured Hyacinths, Ruth Talcott, Frishmuth's long-t.mes secretary and companion, recounts her memory of Play Days: "Desha [Delteil, one of Frishmuth's most frequent models] brought this youngster, about twelve or thirteen years old, to the studio. Harriet wanted to do a study of a young girl just entering adolescence, and Desha said she knew just the girl: a very young pupil at the school of the dance, a Madeleine Parker. It turned out that this youngster was ideal for the study. Frishmuth asked young Madeleine what she would do if she were standing on a flat rock in a shallow pool and there were frogs nearby, and the girl said that she would probably try to tickle the back of one of the frogs. 'Like this.' And this is the pose of Playdays. The darling girl's age and her playfulness suggested the title, of course" (Sculptured Hyacinths, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 140).