His old communist friend suggests an opportunity to live and work in China.
Alan Seymour was originally commissioned to write the play for ABC television in Australia.
The play was purchased and it launched the British career of Seymour and director Ray Menmuir.
[2][3] The Daily Telegraph said "the author showed his strength perhaps a little too late to make an entirely satisfactory play.
But the dilemma of the man who stubbornly pursues a course down the middle of the road was stressed effectively at the end.