It was his first radio play and followed his debut as a writer with The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day.
[1] According to Leslie Rees, it "showed with some unusual emotional truth the life of a small-town girl, spoilt and bored, a kind of junior rural Hedda Gabler, a liar and a trouble-maker, who sought the love denied her by her mother’s defection, but met her match in a young schoolteacher.
"[2] According to the ABC, "in a play that is critical of a certain type of person, Kenna is both fluent and sensitive.
[5] "Julie is the spoilt only child of Mick Grant, easy-going owner of the local pub in a country town.
Julie, spoilt and bored, is a liar and a trouble-maker: yet she seeks the affection denied her bv her mother’s defection.