The Bridges of Madison County earlier about "the dreams of a woman named Francesca," gave him the idea for the novella, which was completed in eleven days. After he had written "Bridges", Waller came to believe that he had based the character of Francesca Johnson on his wife, Georgia, whom Francesca physically resembles. According to Marc Eliot, Waller's novella is a modernization of the Noël Coward play "Still Life" (1934), which was adapted into David Lean's film "Brief Encounter" (1945). "Still Life" is about 'the desperation, guilt, and temptations of two married people who meet, fall in love, commit adultery, and then separate forever." In
Red Peppers by Anthony Pelissier, Coward adapted "Ways and Means", "Red Peppers" and "Fumed Oak" (the film was called "Tonight at 8:30" in the US) In addition to the 1991 BBC series, television adaptations of "Red Peppers" were released in 1937, 1938, 1958 and 1969. In 1954, Otto Preminger directed a "Producers' Showcase" television production of "Shadow Play", "Still Life" and "Red Peppers" (featuring Martyn Green and Ginger Rogers). Red Peppers Red Peppers is a short comic play by Noël Coward, one of the ten plays that make up "", a cycle written to be performed across three evenings. In the introduction