The Light that Failed

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Event The Light that Failed
Venue Opera House, Wanganui, New Zealand
First Date 26 February 1904
Last Date 27 February 1904
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Adapted from the novel by Rudyard Kipling. Mr Cuyler Hastings as Dick Heldar, the Blind War Correspondent — the most forcible and touching pourtrayal ever witnessed on the New Zealand Stage.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
J B Atholwood Actor Cassavetti
Olga Beatty-Kingston Actor 'The red-headed girl'
May Chevalier Actor Maisie
Florence Gleeson Actor Bessie Broke
Edmund Gwenn Actor Beeton
F Lumsden Hare Actor Fordham
Cuyler Hastings Actor Dick Heldar
Julia Merton Actor Mrs Haynes
Lillian Meyers Actor
Scardon Actor
Roland Stavely Actor
H Hamilton Stewart Actor Torpenhow
Minnie Terry Actor
Stanley Walpole Actor
George Fleming Adaptor
H Diederichsen Conductor
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 200154