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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[African Theatres]], produced by [[Leontine Sagan]], starring herself , [[André Huguenet]] and [[Johann Nell]] in 1940.
+: Presented by [[African Theatres]], produced by [[Leontine Sagan]], starring herself, [[André Huguenet]] and [[Johann Nell]] in 1940. [[André Huguenet]] played a psychopathic killer in one of his first English performances.
 : Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] with [[Brian Brooke]] as Danny, [[Lawrence Ayris]] as the detective. Directed by visiting British director [[Mary Byron]].

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 : Presented by [[Langford-Inglis]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], directed by [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Robert Langford]], opening 15 August 1967, starring [[Richard Tomlinson]], [[Rosemary Whitfield]], [[Shelagh Holliday]] and [[Anne Curteis]].
--25 August, 1979: [[UPE Theatrum]] and [[The Young ‘Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
+-25 August, 1979: [[UPE Theatrum]] and [[The Young 'Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
 == Sources ==

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 : Presented by [[Langford-Inglis]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], directed by [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Robert Langford]], opening 15 August 1967, starring [[Richard Tomlinson]], [[Rosemary Whitfield]], [[Shelagh Holliday]] and [[Anne Curteis]].
--25 August, 1979: [[UPE Theatrum]] and the [[Young ‘Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
+-25 August, 1979: [[UPE Theatrum]] and [[The Young ‘Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
 == Sources ==

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 : Presented by [[Langford-Inglis]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], directed by [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Robert Langford]], opening 15 August 1967, starring [[Richard Tomlinson]], [[Rosemary Whitfield]], [[Shelagh Holliday]] and [[Anne Curteis]].
-: [[UPE Theatrum]] and the [[Young ‘Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] from August 23 - 25, 1979. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
+-25 August, 1979: [[UPE Theatrum]] and the [[Young ‘Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
 == Sources ==

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 : Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] with [[Brian Brooke]] as Danny, [[Lawrence Ayris]] as the detective. Directed by visiting British director [[Mary Byron]].
 : Staged in November 1965 by the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Jane Turner]] (Mrs. Bramson), [[Thea Kirstein]] (Olivia), [[Annette Muller]] (Nurse Libby), [[Boela Holloway]] (Hubert ), [[Jill de Klerk]] (Mrs. Terence), [[Joan Nel]] (Dora), [[Peter Viljoen]] (Belsize) and [[Jimmy Aligianis]] (Dan). Music by [[Enrique Breytenbach]] (piano) and [[Van Zyl Hough]] (violin), lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]] and decór by [[Johann van Heerden]].
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 [[Night Must Fall]] theatre programme, 1979.
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 : Staged in November 1965 by the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Jane Turner]] (Mrs. Bramson), [[Thea Kirstein]] (Olivia), [[Annette Muller]] (Nurse Libby), [[Boela Holloway]] (Hubert ), [[Jill de Klerk]] (Mrs. Terence), [[Joan Nel]] (Dora), [[Peter Viljoen]] (Belsize) and [[Jimmy Aligianis]] (Dan). Music by [[Enrique Breytenbach]] (piano) and [[Van Zyl Hough]] (violin), lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]] and decór by [[Johann van Heerden]].
-: Presented by [[Langford-Inglis]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], directed by [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Robert Langford]], 1967.
+: Presented by [[Langford-Inglis]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], directed by [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Robert Langford]], opening 15 August 1967, starring [[Richard Tomlinson]], [[Rosemary Whitfield]], [[Shelagh Holliday]] and [[Anne Curteis]].
 : [[UPE Theatrum]] and the [[Young ‘Uns]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] presented Emlyn Williams’ ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] from August 23 - 25, 1979. Directed by [[Hercules Pitsiladis]]. Starring [[Janet Blignaut]] (Mrs Bramson), [[Jeanette Mets]] (Olivia Grayne), [[Patrick Scott]] (Hubert Laurie), [[Diane Willis]] (Nurse Libby), [[Janis Harvey]] (Mrs Terence), [[Jacqui Lorrimer]] (Dora Parkot), [[Hercules Pitsiladis]] (Inspector Belsize) and [[Trevor Hicks]] (Dan).
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Bri-Bru|Brooke]] 1978, p.178.
 ''Performing Arts'', HSRC, 1972.

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-''Night Must Fall'' (1935) by [[Emlyn Williams]]. A psychological thriller about a psychopathic bell boy and his relationship with a young woman and her mother.
+''[[Night Must Fall]]'' (1935) is a play by [[Emlyn Williams]]. A psychological thriller about a psychopathic bell boy and his relationship with a young woman and her mother.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Doodvonnis]]'' by [[Willem Kemp]] and performed by the [[André Huguenet Company]] in 19**. Huguenet’s choice of this psychological thriller was because of this work’s amazing success in London written and performed by Emlyn Williams. The audience undergoes the psychological unraveling of the private life of a bell boy who becomes good friends with a young lady who’s mother becomes the next victim to this psychopathic bell boy.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==