The play premiered at the
Royal Court Theatre in
London on 17 June 1970, directed by
Lindsay Anderson. It transferred to the
Apollo Theatre, where it ran for three months, then to
Broadway, opening on 17 November 1970 at the
Morosco Theatre, where it ran for 110 performances. The London and Broadway casts both included Sir
John Gielgud as Harry, Sir
Ralph Richardson as Jack,
Dandy Nichols as Marjorie and
Mona Washbourne as Kathleen.
Jessica Tandy replaced Nichols later in the Broadway run. Storey adapted his play for the 6 January 1972 broadcast of the British television series
Play for Today. It was directed by Anderson and featured the same cast. It was revived
off-Broadway by the
Actors Company Theatre (TACT) in 2006, starring British actor
Simon Jones and American actress
Cynthia Harris. More recently it was part of the Peter Hall Company season in 2009 at the
Theatre Royal, Bath, and the
Soulpepper Theatre season in 2012 in
Toronto, Ontario. ==Accolades==