The Dark Is Light Enough
The Dark Is Light Enough is a 1954 verse play by Christopher Fry, which he wrote for Dame Edith Evans and 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.
The play, directed by Peter Brook, premiered at the Aldwych Theatre in London in May 1954.
Original London cast
- Jakob – John Moffatt
- Bellmann – Hugh Griffith
- Kassel – Peter Bull
- Stefan – Peter Barkworth
- Bella – Violet Farebrother
- Willi – David Spencer
- Gelda – Margaret Johnston
- Richard Gettner – James Donald
- Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg – Edith Evans
- Colonel Janik – John Glen
- Count Peter Zichy – Jack Gwillim
- Beppy – George Murcell
- Rusti – Patrick Halliday
- 1st Soldier – Peter Sallis
- 2nd Soldier – Frederick Treves
- 3rd Soldier – Churton Fairman
Original Broadway cast
The extended preview season started on Broadway at the ANTA Playhouse on 23 February 1955 and closed on 23 April 1955, after a total of 69 performances. It was directed by Guthrie McClintic.- Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg – Katharine Cornell
- Richard Gettner – Tyrone Power
- Gelda – Marian Winters
- Colonel Janik – Arnold Moss
- Count Peter Zichy – Christopher Plummer
- Stefan – Paul Roebling
- Kassel – William Podmore
- Bella – Eva Condon
- Belmann – John Williams
- Fourth Soldier – Dario Barri
- Third Soldier – Jerome Gardino
- Beppy – Ted Gunther
- Jakob – Donald Harron
- Willi – Charles Macaulay
- Rusti, A Hungarian corporal – Sydney Pollack