Lightning Strikes Twice (play)

Lightning Strikes Twice is a 1944 Australian stage play by Rex Rienits. Rienits originally wrote it as a vehicle for Marie Ney.

It was presented by the Tin Alley Players, the first time they did an Australian play.

The play received a number of productions throughout Australia. It was Rienits' most successful stage play.

The Age called it "full of melodrama - but modern." The Bulletin said it had an "excellent reception" and leading actor Ruby May was "thrilling" in her role. The Brisbane Telegraph called it a "good thriller". The Adelaide Advertiser said it "strikes an ultra modern note".

Premise
Martha Allen commits one murder, then two, then becomes insane. Her nephew becomes involved.