 It opened at Daly's Theatre, on 24 November 1927 and closed on 17 December.Producer – Basil Dean; Designer – Gladys Calthrop

The action of the play takes place in Northern Italy 

Two elderly English ladies sit chatting about another guest, Stephen Griffin, who is about to go to Tunis on business, leaving his mother and his young wife, Lucy, behind at the hotel.Lucy is clearly on edge, and is short-tempered with several fellow-guests.