- Playwright – Terence Rattigan
- Location – Harrogate Studio Theatre
- Director – Frank Moorby
Cast
- Mrs Elton – Alex Bird
- Philip Welch – Matthew Johnson
- Ann Welch – Kate Antram
- Hester Collyer – Rachel Conyers
- Mr Miller – Alan Harwood
- Willaim Collyer – Stuart Newsome
- Freddie Page – Bob Mallow
- Jackie Jackson – Michael Garside
Taking place over the course of one day, the play begins with the discovery of Hester Collyer in her flat by her neighbours, after Hester has failed in an attempt to take her own life by gassing herself.
Hester left her husband, a respectable High Court judge, for a former RAF pilot, Freddie Page. Their relationship was physical and passionate, but his ardour eventually cooled, leaving her emotionally stranded and desperate. Initially unemployed, Freddie eventually takes a post in South America.
The aftershocks of her attempted suicide unravel even the remnants of this relationship. By the end of the day, Hester is brought to a hard decision to live, partly through the intercession of another resident of the tenement house, Mr. Miller, an ex-doctor who has been struck off the register for an undisclosed reason. These two outcasts find a curious kinship.