It was then Leo’s turn to show what he could do in the way of a straight play. All the while he had been forming a select little company of his own, training them and bringing them on, and in Night Must Fall he showed how much he had achieved. It was so good that when the rain stopped the performance a second time, half a large audience stayed sitting out in pouring rain in the dark till the show had to be stopped because the stage itself was flooded! It is not necessary to tell the story of Night Must Fall, but just consider the types that had to be found among the actors. Dan, Emlyn Williams’ part, was played by an amateur actor from Wye College and played convincingly and well; the fantastic split personality of that sinister young man was, however, one of the more easy things to master, for there remained three long, difficult female roles to fill and Leo filled them. The nasty old pathetic woman in her wheelchair was superbly done by Freddie Mills, who before the war had been rather a good rugger player. The rather hysterical, morbid, queer young girl who fell in love with Dan, was incredibly played by Ginger. I remember standing in the wings a yard from Ginger while he was leaning against the door of the room after discovering the murder of Mrs Bramson by Dan in the Last Act, and to realise that the palpitating, nerve-wrecked girl in a green dress and glasses would be calmly taking our medical parade next morning, was very odd indeed! And the comic relief, the cook, was very well done by our bald-headed corporal who’d been a successful gay young thing in Wonder Bar. All the minor parts were competent enough, and after this one straight play that had surprised them completely, the whole camp was greedy for more.