Light That Failed (The Play Pictorial volume 2) The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Forbes Robertson as Dick Heldar, Mr. Sydney Valentine as J.G. Fordham 'Nilghai', Mr. Aubrey Smith as Gilbert Belling Torpenhow, Miss Gertrude Elliott as Maisie, Miss Nina Boucicault as Bessie Broke, Miss Minnie Griffin as Mrs Haynes, Miss Margaret Halston as the Red-Haired Girl and Miss Marianne Caldwell as the Bonne. 1903