The Dark is Light Enough

The play is concerned with the impact this rebellion has on the inhabitants of the house

Foremost of them is the countess - an eminent lady of wit, independence, compassion and honesty. At the bottom of the heap is a highly intelligent scoundrel with no character at all

Apart from several other well-drawn people, representing either amusing worldliness or earnest convictions, the play concentrates on the ordeal of the countess' conscience

Although she is above petty acrimonies, although she overflows with forgiveness, she is grievously hurt by the callousness of the scoundrel's unprincipled behavior" ~ NY Times

Through a last final act of self-sacrifice, in which she gives up her own life to save another, the countess redeems the scoundrel, and some of her own strength and nobility become his

Produced on Broadway

" a fine capacity for eloquence He likewise possesses a pretty wit, sharp and epigrammatic" ~ NY Post