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
That Good Night the light."" It opened at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford on 2 April 1996 with the following cast (in order of appearance): Ralph is a successful screenwriter, charming, cantankerous, rude and a bully; in his time an avid womaniser and completely selfish. Now in his seventies and terminally ill, he has two final missions: to be reconciled to his long-abandoned son Michael and secretly to ensure he is not a burden to his younger, devoted and second wife Anna as he goes "into that good night". But when Michael arrives at the beautiful Tuscan villa for their first meeting in