The original production, starring Ralph Richardson, opened at the Theatre Royal, Brighton in February 1950.
It transferred to Wyndham's Theatre in the West End on 7 March 1950, for a run of 342 performances.
"[2] David Preston returns home from work to his wife Janet to find that 24 hours have elapsed without him even realising it, and it is now a day later than he thought.
Evidence then emerges suggesting that he was involved in a theft and murder that happened in the period that he cannot account for.
In 1952 the play was adapted as a film Home at Seven directed by and starring Ralph Richardson, with many of the stage cast reprising their roles.