The Dark is Light Enough

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of Christopher Fry’s The Dark is Light Enough.

Theatre play

The Dark is Light Enough by Christopher Fry (1907-2005) [more information]

Play synopsis

'Set during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. It is formally a comedy, but Fry subtitled the play "A Winter Comedy" to signal its tragic qualities.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_is_Light_Enough_%28play%29.

Production history

The play premiered at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in May 1954.

Date of transmission

Sunday 26 January 1958

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Series

Television World Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Stuart Burge

Playwright

Christopher Fry (1907-2005)

Designer

Norman James

Cast

Edith Evans (1888-1976)	Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg
Barbara Everest	Bella
John Ffrench	Third Soldier
Peter Halliday	First Guard
Melvyn Hayes	Willi
Gerald James	Kassel
Gertan Klauber	Second Soldier
James Maxwell	Jakob
Joseph O’Conor	Colonel Janik
John Phillips	Count Peter Zichy
Charles Rea	Second Guard
Daphne Slater	Gelda
Brian Smith	Stefan
André Van Gyseghem	Belmann
Raymond Witch	First Soldier
Peter Wyngarde	Richard Gettner

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; Austria, as theme or setting; comedy; Hungary, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

BBC Television: The Dark is Light Enough (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 27 January 1958, p. 12

Title

Radio Times, 24 January 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; listing, p. 7; articles, pp. 4 and 6