Lightning Strikes Twice (play)
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Written byRex Rienits
Directed byRex Rienits[1]
Date premieredDecember 9, 1944[2]
Place premieredUnion Theatre, Melbourne
| Lightning Strikes Twice | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Directed by | Rex Rienits[1] |
| Date premiered | December 9, 1944[2] |
| Place premiered | Union Theatre, Melbourne |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | melodrama |
| Setting | morning-room of a house on the outskirts of a small Australian country town[3] |
Lightning Strikes Twice is a 1944 Australian stage play by Rex Rienits.[4] Rienits originally wrote it as a vehicle for Marie Ney.[5]
It was presented by the Tin Alley Players, the first time they did an Australian play.[6]
The play received a number of productions throughout Australia. It was Rienits' most successful stage play.[7]
Martha Allen, a possessive woman, commits one murder, then two, then becomes insane. Her nephew becomes involved.
Original Melbourne cast
- Ruby May as Martha Allen
- Marjorie Dyson as Stephanie Markham
- Joy Youlden as Kitty
- Lorna Moriarty as Sarah Johnson
- Kenneth Pawley as Robert Allen
- Robert Horne as Sergeant Shaw
- Les Young as Dr. Markham