Shadowlands
by William Nicholson
(at the Bainbridge Library)
April 16-17, 2011 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7:30 pm
Shadowlands
By William Nicholson
Directed by Kate Carruthers
When the reserved British theologian C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia) met Joy Gresham, an outspoken American poet, he never anticipated how their lives would become entwined. But Shadowlands shows how their love, and the risk of its loss, transformed all of this great man's relationships, even with God.
CAST:
C.S. Lewis.... Steve Stolee
Joy Gresham.....Jennifer Jett
Douglas Gresham.....Trent Craighead
Major Warnie Lewis....John Kenning
Christopher Riley ....Robert Craighead
Harry Harrington ...Arthur Mortell
Alan Gregg/Doctor.....Marc Cantwell
Registrar/Woman/Nurse.....Mary Beth Redmond
Dr. Oakley/Priest.....Bob Tull
This West End and Broadway hit is the love story of C.S. Lewis, Oxford don and author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters, and American poet Joy Davidman. Jack Lewis is smug in his convictions about God and His plan for the world until Joy and her young son enter his life and the bewildered theoretician of love in the abstract finally confronts its direct presence.
"Engrossing, entertaining ... literate, well crafted and discreetly brilliant."-N.Y. Post
"I loved it."-WNBC-TV
"Poignant, powerful, intelligent theatre, witty and extraordinarily written."-WABC-TV
Winner, 1990 London Evening Standard Award, Best New Play