The Light of Heart

The Light of Heart
Written by	Emlyn Williams
Date premiered	21 February 1940
Place premiered	Apollo Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	Drama

The Light of Heart is a 1940 play by the British writer Emlyn Williams.

It ran for 127 performances at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End between 21 February and 8 June 1940. The cast included Godfrey Tearle, Megs Jenkins, Gladys Henson, Elliott Mason and Angela Baddeley.^[1] It later ran for 55 performances at the Guild Theatre on Broadway.

In 1942 it was adapted into the Hollywood film Life Begins at Eight-Thirty directed by Irving Pichel and starring Monty Woolley, Ida Lupino and Cornel Wilde.^[2] Twenty years later it was made into a West German film Life Begins at Eight starring Johanna Matz.

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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