Produced by Georgia Young, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Team EMLYN WILLIAMS NIGHT MUST FALL A PLAY IN THREE ACTS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE PERFORMING RIGHTS OF THIS PLAY ARE FULLY PROTECTED, AND PERMISSION TO PERFORM IT, WHETHER BY AMATEURS OR PROFESSIONALS, MUST BE GAINED IN ADVANCE FROM THE AUTHOR'S SOLE AGENT, WALTER PEACOCK, 60 HAYMARKET, LONDON, S.W. I. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE VAN REES PRESS EH _To_ M. W. THE CHARACTERS (_in the order of their appearance_) THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. BRAMSON OLIVIA GRAYNE Her niece HUBERT LAURIE NURSE LIBBY MRS. TERENCE Mrs. Bramson's cook DORA PARKOE Her maid INSPECTOR BELSIZE DAN BEFORE THE PLAY The Court of Criminal Appeal _The action of the play takes place in the sitting-room of Forest Corner, Mrs. Bramson's bungalow in Essex._ _The time is the present_. ACT I: A morning in October. ACT II SCENE I: An afternoon twelve days later. SCENE II: Late afternoon, two days later. ACT III SCENE I: Half an hour later. Nightfall. SCENE II: Half an hour later. BEFORE THE PLAY _The orchestra plays light tunes until the house lights are turned down; the curtain rises in darkness, accompanied by solemn music. A small light grows in the middle of the stage, and shows the_ LORD CHIEF JUSTICE _sitting in judgment, wearing wig and red robes of office, in the Court of Criminal Appeal. His voice, cold and disapproving, gradually swells up with the light as he reaches his peroration_.