The play consists of two acts - though the action is continuous - and revolves around a Dr Prentice, a psychiatrist attempting to seduce his attractive prospective secretary, Geraldine Barclay.

The situation becomes more intense when Mrs Prentice enters, causing the doctor to hide Geraldine behind a curtain.

A penis ("the missing parts of Sir Winston Churchill") is held aloft in the climactic scene.

The original production, having toured briefly from January 1969,[2] opened in the West End at the Queen's Theatre on 5 March.

Presented by Lewenstein-Delfont Productions Ltd and H. M. Tennent Ltd, it was directed by Robert Chetwyn and designed by Hutchinson Scott.