It was the twelfth three-act play written by McEnroe, who worked at a factory as a day job.
McEnroe had been told there was no audience for plays about old people and was determined to prove them wrong.
[5] Jose Ferrer starred in production which Brooks Atkinson from the New York Times called "delightful".
[8] The play was adapted several times Film rights were originally bought by Charles Feldman in June 1949 for a reported $50,000.
[9] In October 1950 he sold them to 20th Century Fox[10] who turned it into a vehicle for Clifton Webb.