However, Helen Banner, a serious young woman, has fallen in love with David and is determined to change his lifestyle, free him from Joan, stop him from drinking and re-awaken the serious historian in him.

[5] It was led by Benedict Cumberbatch as David Scott-Fowler with Nancy Carroll as his wife Joan and Adrian Scarborough as John Reid to commercial and critical success.

According to The Guardian's theatre critic Michael Billington, reviewing Sharrock's production, the play confirms Rattigan as one of the "supreme dramatists of the 20th century".

[6] Noel and Company presented a staged reading of the play in 2012 at the National Arts Club in New York City, directed by Keith Merrill.

The cast included Tina Benko, John Bolton, Jessica Dickey, Amy Rutberg, Max Gordon Moore and Tug Rice.