Name: Night Must Fall - Best Plays of New York Theater
Uploaded: 2020-12-05T03:12:26+00:00
Duration: 1 h 10 s
Description: From New York where the American Stage begins NBC presents "Best Plays" - A series of hour-length dramas selected from the outstanding successes of the New York Stage Night Must Fall is a play, a psyc

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From New York where the American Stage begins NBC presents "Best Plays" - A series of hour-length dramas selected from the outstanding successes of the New York Stage

Night Must Fall is a play, a psychological thriller, by Emlyn Williams, first performed in 1935. There have been three film adaptations, Night Must Fall (1937); a 1954 adaptation on the television anthology series Ponds Theater starring Terry Kilburn, Una O'Connor, and Evelyn Varden; and Night Must Fall (1964).

Mrs Bramson, a bitter, fussy, self-pitying elderly woman, resides in a remote part of Essex, with her intelligent yet subdued niece, Olivia. Mrs Bramson spends all her time complaining while sitting in a wheelchair (although it is revealed during the play that she has in fact no disability whatsoever). She is thoroughly disliked by her two servants, Dora, a young, sensitive maid and Mrs Terrence, the cook, as well as Olivia, whom Mrs. Bramson also treats as a servant.

One day, Dora reveals she is pregnant. Mrs Bramson considers dismissing her, but then decides to persuade the father of Dora's unborn child to marry her. The father turns out to be a suave, handsome young man named Dan. He almost immediately charms Mrs Bramson, causing her to forget all about Dora's pregnancy and take Dan on as her private assistant.

Originally Broadcast 12/21/1952

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