[3] Bill falls in love with the beautiful and aloof Dr Sally Smith and tries to gain her affection.
He also wants to end his relationship with Lottie, a lively former actress, but has difficulty after his well-intentioned yet tactless friend "Squiffy", Lord Tidmouth, tries to help.
The short novel Doctor Sally was adapted from the three-act play Good Morning, Bill, though there are a few plot differences.
The play begins with Lord Tidmouth seeing Lottie in the hotel, unlike the book, which starts with Sir Hugo meeting Sally on a golf course.
The first act of the play takes place in a suite in the Esplanade Hotel, Marvis Beach, Sussex.
[1] The script lists the characters in the order in which they appear:[1][4] Good Morning, Bill was first presented at 7 November 1927 at the Devonshire Park Theatre.
The cast included Ingrid Lacey, Ian Price, Lesley Duff, and Geoffrey Chater.
The cast also included Michael Shepley as Lord Tilbury, Diana Beaumont as Lottie, and Brefni O'Rorke as Sir Hugo Drake.
[15] In 1985, the play was adapted into a radio drama for BBC Radio 4, with Martin Jarvis as Bill, Alexandra Bastedo as Sally, Judy Buxton as Lottie, Jeremy Child as Lord Tidmouth, David Garth as Sir Hugo Drake, Natasha Pyne as Marie, and Trevor Nichols as the page-boy.