The Light that Failed

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Event The Light that Failed
Venue His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 7 March 1904
Last Date 11 March 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 Leone 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 J.G. Fordham
Cuyler Hastings Actor Dick Heldar
T W Lloyd Actor F.Cecil Vincent
G L Merriman Actor George Beane
Julia Merton Actor Mrs Haynes
Lillian Meyers Actor A Model
Fred Patey Actor James Vickery
Scardon Actor D.B. Morton Mackenzie
Roland Stavely Actor Dr Barrymore
H Hamilton Stewart Actor Gilbert Torpenhow
Minnie Terry Actor Modestine
Stanley Walpole Actor Phil Raynor
George Fleming Adaptor
H Diederichsen Conductor
J W Hazlitt Director
Text Nationality Brazil
Further Information The part of Binkie was played by A Scotch Terrier. Overseas Touring Company.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 200158