Editing Night Must Fall (section)

==Production==
[[File:Night-Must-Fall-Alcazar.jpg|thumb|upright|Poster for a 1938 [[Federal Theatre Project]] production of ''Night Must Fall'' at the [[Alcazar Theatre (1911)|Alcazar Theatre]] in San Francisco]]
===London===
Produced by [[Miles Malleson]], the original production of ''Night Must Fall'' premiered on 31 May 1935 at the [[Duchess Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref name="NMF French">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Emlyn |author-link=Emlyn Williams |date=1935 |title=Night Must Fall: A Play in Three Acts |url=https://archive.org/stream/nightmustfallapl000840mbp#page/n139/mode/1up |location=New York |publisher=[[Samuel French, Inc.]] |page=144 |access-date=2015-08-01 }}</ref> The formal West End opening was preceded by a preliminary tour of [[Edinburgh]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and [[Glasgow]]. The play ran in London for 436 performances.<ref name="Blood on the Stage">{{cite book |last=Kabatchnik |first=Amnon |date=2010 |title=Blood on the Stage 1925–1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Scarecrow Press]]  |isbn=9780810869639  }}</ref>{{Rp|419–420}}

* Eric Stanley ... The Lord Chief Justice<ref name="NMF French"/>
* [[May Whitty]] ... Mrs. Bramson<ref name="NMF French"/>
* [[Angela Baddeley]] ... Olivia Grayne<ref name="NMF French"/>
* [[Basil Radford]] ... Hubert Laurie<ref name="NMF French"/>
* Dorothy Langley ... Nurse Libby<ref name="NMF French"/>
* [[Kathleen Harrison]] ... Mrs. Terence<ref name="NMF French"/>
* [[Betty Jardine]] ... Dora Parkoe<ref name="NMF French"/>
* Matthew Boulton ... Inspector Belsize<ref name="NMF French"/>
* [[Emlyn Williams]] ... Dan<ref name="NMF French"/>

===New York===
The New York production of ''Night Must Fall'' opened on Broadway on 28 September 1936, at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]. Produced by [[Sam H. Harris]] and directed by Emlyn Williams, the play ran for 64 performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12153 |title=Night Must Fall |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref>

* [[Ben Webster (actor)|Ben Webster]] ... The Lord Chief Justice<ref name="NMF French 2">{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Emlyn |date=1935 |title=Night Must Fall: A Play in Three Acts |url=https://archive.org/stream/nightmustfallapl000840mbp#page/n9/mode/1up |location=New York |publisher=[[Samuel French, Inc.]] |page=8 |access-date=2015-08-01 }}</ref>
* May Whitty ... Mrs. Bramson<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* Angela Baddeley ... Olivia Grayne<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* [[Michael Shepley]] ... Hubert Laurie<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* Shirley Gale ... Nurse Libby<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* [[Doris Hare]] ... Mrs. Terence<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* [[Betty Jardine]] ... Dora Parkoe<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* Matthew Boulton ... Inspector Belsize<ref name="NMF French 2"/>
* Emlyn Williams ... Dan<ref name="NMF French 2"/>

===Revivals===
The most recent West End revival opened at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]] on 14 October 1996. It starred [[Jason Donovan]] as Dan, [[Rosemary Leach]] as Mrs. Bramson and Charlotte Fryer as Olivia Grayne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/legit/reviews/night-must-fall-2-1200447108/|title = Night Must Fall|date = 28 October 1996}}</ref> It lasted barely two months amid terrible reviews, not least for Donovan's attempt at a Welsh accent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Backstage Whispers overheard by Richard Andrews |url=http://www.theatrenet.com/archive/051296.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194504/http://www.theatrenet.com/archive/051296.php |archive-date=1 January 2018 |website=theatrenet.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/night-must-fall-haymarket-london-1358597.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/night-must-fall-haymarket-london-1358597.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Night Must Fall Haymarket, London|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 15 October 1996}}</ref>

[[Matthew Broderick]] starred as Dan in a Broadway revival which ran from 2 February to 27 June 1999 at the [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]] and then the [[Helen Hayes Theatre]]. The cast included [[Judy Parfitt]] as Mrs. Bramson and [[J. Smith-Cameron]] as Olivia Grayne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=6732 |title=Night Must Fall  |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref>