Opened at the Biltmore Theatre on January 10, 1968. Ran 61 performances, to about March 1968. Staircase is a two-character play by Charles Dyer about an ageing gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other. Wiki link