The play was written for Sydney John Kay's Mercury Theatre radio division.
[3][4] The play was performed on ABC radio in December 1954 with Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in the cast.
"[7] The Brisbane Truth said "Those great idols of the theatre, Dame Sybil Thprndike and Sir Lewis Casson, with no stage movement to charm the eye of the beholder, sounded in this more restricted medium, frankly old, and there was almost a touch of the ridiculous about the whole production.
"[8] The Age called it "poor material... only saved from complete failure by the calibre of the artists who plav'ed In it.
"[9] The Daily Telegraph sadid "The entire production was interpreted, over a period of 90 minutes, in a sostenuto of the most depressing howlings-and hootings, punctuated... with a number of piercing screams,, calculated to crack he eardrum like a window pane.