_He smiles, and raises his hand to his hat-brim with the old familiar jaunty gesture of farewell. He walks past_ BELSIZE _and out through the front door._ BELSIZE _follows him. The bang of the front door._ OLIVIA _falls to the sofa. The sound of_ DORA'S _sobbing._ CURTAIN NIGHT MUST FALL was first presented in London by J. P. Mitchelhill at the Duchess Theatre on May 31st, 1935, with the following cast: _The Lord Chief Justice_ ERIC STANLEY _Mrs. Bramson_ MAY WHITTY _Olivia Grayne_ ANGELA BADDELEY _Hubert Laurie_ BASIL RADFORD _Nurse Libby_ DOROTHY LANGLEY _Mrs. Terence_ KATHLEEN HARRISON _Dora Parkoe_ BETTY JARDINE _Inspector Belsize_ MATTHEW BOULTON _Dan_ EMLYN WILLIAMS The play produced by MILES MALLESON.