After a trial run at Bromley it was acquired by Alec L Rea & E P Clift's production company for West End theatre[1] at Sir Bronson Albery's Criterion.
The crisis develops at his parental home, an Anglican deanery in an English Cathedral town, with Alan's father radically opposed to Catholicism.
The stage is set by the presence of Alan's brother Brian, a war-damaged agnostic, and Jane, his former lover.
They visit a remote church where the priest is revealed as Alan, their reconciliation being a spiritual Kiss of Peace.
[5] In May 1954 the play was performed at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton with John Barron and Ursula O’Leary.