"My brief was to find new writers. This [The Late Wife] is one of five plays which I selected out of 248 which I received. Some of those rejected were also very good but for various reasons, such as cost, had to be abandoned. The five we made were supposed to be shown as a series on their own but I understand the other four will now be seen later in the year." John Frankau, The [London] Times, Saturday, 28 May 1977.