This movie counts the second time Helena Bonham Carter and Rupert Graves have played sister and brother. They previously portrayed siblings Lucy and Freddy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985).
Alan Ayckbourn's play premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, a theatre in the round, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire on 13 June 1989. The West End production opened at the Strand Theatre on 16 October 1991, presented in two parts.
The original play by Alan Ayckbourn had an approximate playing time of just over five hours and was designed to be presented in two parts.
This film is also sometimes known by the title "Sweet Revenge".