sentences:  Tynan also wrote that both plays are about people who are driven by loneliness into a state of desperation.Among stage revivals of the piece are Peter Hall's production at the Albery in London in 1993 with Patricia Hodge and Peter Bowles in the principal roles, and one by the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 2006 using the text of Rattigan's alternative draft, with the Major's lapse as a gay one.The 1958 film, with a few extra parts, was adapted for the screen by Rattigan.