Sydney Valentine, was first staged in the West End from February to April 1903 and moved on to Broadway in November, making the story more famous. It was made into a 1916 silent film by Pathé, with Robert Edeson and Jose Collins, a 1923 silent film by Famous Players-Lasky, and a 1939 film by Paramount, starring Ronald Colman as Heldar, with Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino, and Walter Huston. It was also adapted for television in the US in 1961 by the Breck Shampoo Company, with Richard Basehart starring as Heldar and Susan Harrison as Maisie. The Light That Failed was adapted as a radio play by Sam Dann as part of Himan Brown's CBS Radio Mystery Theater series, and broadcast on 28 February 1977. References External links Project Gutenberg e-text of The Light That Failed 1891 British novels Novels by Rudyard Kipling Novels about war correspondents Works originally published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Novels about artists British novels adapted into films British novels adapted into plays Novels set during the Mahdist War 1891 debut novels