Night Must Fall

Summary: 1957 ABC Television production for ITV of Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams.
Theatre play: Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) [more information]
Play synopsis: A psychological thriller in three acts: ‘In a bungalow in a forest in Essex lives Mrs Bramson, a fussy hypochondriac. She pays her niece Olivia a small salary to act as her companion and the household also includes her cook, Mrs Terence, and her maid Dora. When Dora gets pregnant, Mrs Bramson is determined to get the boyfriend to marry her. At the same time, a woman disappears from a nearby hotel. The police begin investigations and, when Dora brings home her boyfriend Dan, Olivia immediately notices that his behaviour is not quite normal. He is perpetually putting on an act and soon he worms his way into the affections of Mrs Bramson, leaves his job as page boy at the hotel and moves in. Then the woman’s body is found - headless’ (source: http://www.thecanterburyplayers.co.uk/night-must-fall.shtml).
Production history: Premiered on 31 May 1935 at the Duchess Theatre; published London: Gollancz 1935.
Date of transmission: Saturday 27 July 1957
Time: 10.05-11.35pm
Series: Mystery Theatre
Channel: ITV
Production company: ABC Television (1955-1968)

Director

John Knight

Producer

John Nelson Burton

Playwright

Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)

Adapted for Television by

Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)

Designer

Reece Pemberton

Introduced by

Donald Wolfit

Executive Producer

Dennis Vance

Cast

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