[5] It featured English star Jessie Matthews in her first Australian TV appearance - she was touring the country at the time - and was shot in Melbourne.
To escape from reality one night he hires actors to play his parents and a butler and invites over Isabelle.
[8] Star June Brunell had recently returned from England where she appeared in The Flying Doctors TV series.
[9] The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a brave, but not really successful attempt to bridge the gap between quintessential theatre on the one hand, and the television screen on the other... Christopher Muir's production was precise, well-planned, and often Imaginative.
"[10] The Age TV critic said "it was not the sort of play to set the Yarra on fire" but felt it was strong in the scenes in which Matthews appeared, although her role was relatively small.