That Good Night That Good Night That Good Night is a play by NJ Crisp, written with the intention of it being performed by Donald Sinden and his son Marc Sinden playing the central characters of the father and son. However Marc, who in 1991 had starred in Crisps' psychological thriller "Dangerous Obsession", decided to produce it instead and so it became his first play as a Theatrical Producer. The title is taken from the poem by Dylan Thomas: ""Do not go gentle into that good night,<br> "Old age should burn and rave at close of day;<br> "Rage, rage against the dying of
Come, Gentle Night! to productions like "After", "The Pipes of Pan", "Come, Gentle Night!" and "Pleading"". Dunhill considered some "...scarcely distinguishable from pot-boilers turned out by baser English composers in the days of ballad concerts." Come, Gentle Night! "Come, Gentle Night!" is a poem by Clifton Bingham set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1901. It is a song for soprano voice, the title page advertising that it was sung by Madame Clara Butt. The song was written at the same time as Elgar's "Cockaigne", and published in 1901 by Boosey & Co. in London and New York. In his