Night of January 16th is a
play by Russian-American author
Ayn Rand, inspired by the death of
Ivar Kreuger, an industrialist and swindler known as the Match King. The play is set in a courtroom during a murder trial, and members of the audience are chosen to play the jury. The court hears the case of Karen Andre, a former secretary and lover of businessman Bjorn Faulkner, of whose murder she is accused. The jury must rely on character testimony to decide whether Andre is guilty; the play's ending depends on their verdict. Rand wanted to dramatize a conflict between individualism and conformity. The play was first produced in 1934 in Los Angeles under the title
Woman on Trial. Producer
Al Woods took it to
Broadway for the 1935–36 season and re-titled it
Night of January 16th. It became a hit and ran for seven months. The play has been adapted as a
movie, as well as for television and radio. Rand had many disputes with Woods over the play, and in 1968 re-edited it for publication as her "definitive" version. (
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