The Dark is Light Enough
The run at the Aldwych totalled 241 performances.
After six weeks of the nine-week pre-London tour, Frances Hyland left the cast in order to accept Tyrone Guthrie’s invitation to play Isabella opposite James Mason’s Angelo in MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Stratford, Ontario. (See ‘Chit Chat: Frances Hyland’, The Stage 11th March 1954, page 8.)
Cast & Crew
Cast
1st soldier | Peter Sallis |
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2nd soldier | Frederick Treves |
3rd soldier | Churton Fairman |
Bella | Violet Farebrother |
Belmann | Hugh Griffith |
Beppy | George Murcell |
Colonel Janik | John Glen |
Count Peter Zichy | Jack Gwillim |
Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg | Edith Evans |
Gelda | Frances Hyland |
Jakob | John Moffatt |
Kassel | Peter Bull |
Richard Gettner | James Donald |
Rusti | Peter Halliday |
Stefan | Peter Barkworth |
Willi | David Spenser |
Gelda (replacement) | Margaret Johnston
(started 5th April 1954) |
Crew | |
Dance in Act II arranged by | William Chappell |
Designer | Oliver Messel |
Director | Peter Brook |
Music arranged and composed by | Leslie Bridgewater |
Press Representative | Vivienne Byerley |
Production Manager | Ian Dow |
Stage Manager | Judith Spearman |
Assistant Stage Manager | Churton Fairman |
Assistant Stage Manager | Cherry Hunter |
Chief Engineer | Joe Davis |
Chief Wardrobe Supervisor | Lily Taylor |
Company Manager | Frank Stevens |
General Manager | Bernard Gordon |
Settings built by | Brunskill & Loveday |
Settings painted by | Harkers Studios |
- Observations (1)
- Added by Michael Hope, last modified by Jared William.
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Observations
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My mother’s diary records her seeing this production, with Edith Evans, on Thursday 8th April 1954, so I think the start of the production date given is likely to be incorrect.
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