1. This model of Oliver Messel's Act I setting for Christopher Fry's The Dark Is Light Enough shows the interior of countess Rosmarin Ostenburg's Austrian country house near the Hungarian border. The time is the winter of 1848-1849, and the Hungarians are in revolt against the Austrian government. During this act the countess, who had mysteriously disappeared on the evening of her regular Thursday salon, arrives with Richard Gettner, her daughter's former husband, who has deserted from the Hungarian army. When the Hungarian leader, Colonel Janik, and his men come to take Gettner, the Countess refuses to give him up, and in his stead, they take as hostage Count Peter Zichy, her daughter's present husband and an official in the Austrian government.

2. In Act II Colonel Janic and his men have turned the house into barracks, forcing the countess, her family and friends into the stable. Here Gelda, the Countess' daughter, and Richard find themselves alone and discuss Richard's disillusioned state, and the reasons for shielding him and the failure of their marriage.