It had a long run at the Shaftesbury Theatre starring Donald Sinden and Michael Williams.
The action takes place in a suite in a posh London hotel and revolves around accidents caused by a defective sash window.
In 1996, the play was adapted in France as Panique au Plazza, starring Christian Clavier and Gérard Lartigau.
The play has also been staged internationally in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in April 2012, by the British Theatre Playhouse.
[6] In 2023, the Mill at Sonning premiered an adaptation by Michael Barfoot, It's Her Turn Now, which changed the lead character into a female MP.