Her quiet existence is disrupted by the arrival of her grandson Nicky and four of his friends and new cook-housekeeper Dubois, who startles the mistress of the house by levitating in the air.
Hepburn agreed to commit to a pre-Broadway tryout run of six weeks (which ultimately was expanded to twelve), a twelve-week engagement in New York City, and a subsequent six-month national tour.
[4] While the play garnered mediocre reviews, critics — particularly Clive Barnes of The New York Times, who wrote a lengthy feature praising the actress for the February 15 Sunday Arts & Leisure section — were charmed by Hepburn's performance.
Barnes wrote: "Miss Hepburn with her radiantly raddled beauty, her grace and meticulous theatrical sensibility—shown in the jerk of an eyebrow, the twitch of a corner of the mouth—is per fectly remarkable.
In October she started the national tour in Denver, then proceeded to Vancouver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles where, a few days after opening at Ahmanson Theatre, she fractured her ankle.