[4] It was dedicated to Dame Edith Evans, who had played the part on stage.
[5][1] A young Pole, Ernest, falls in love with the older, alcoholic Lady Pitts, when they meet in a London restaurant.
[6] The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald thought it was "the kind of play which, if anyone cares then, will be a period piece in 30 years' time...
It is not a particularly good or compelling play and while it was given an excellent performance from the ABC Melbourne studios... it emerged as pretty dated... [even though it was made] rather unconvincingly contemporary.
"[7] The play itself was described by critic Alan Riach as having "Egalitarianism.. at the heart of this vision, but idealism may be just a liability.