Opened on December 5, 1941. Closed December 30, 1944 after 1,295 performances — 3.1 years. Revivals in 1948 (14 performances) and 1975 (52 performances) Gas Light is a 1938 thriller play, set in 1880s London, written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton. Hamilton's play is a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife insane in order to steal from her. Wiki link