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Shadowlands

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 6m, 1boy(s), 4 any gender (adult)

William Nicholson

Winner! 1990 London Evening Standard Award, Best New Play

"Engrossing, entertaining ... literate, well crafted and discreetly brilliant."- N.Y. Post

"I loved it." - WNBC-TV

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m, 1boy(s), 4 any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Period, Docudrama/History

Details

Summary

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.

Cast Attributes

M11 F2, may be played by M7 F2. 1 boy.

  • Time Period 1950s
  • Features Period Costumes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

William Nicholson

William Nicholson
William Nicholson was born in 1948, and grew up in Sussex and Gloucestershire. He joined BBC Television, where he worked as a documentary film maker. His plays for television include Shadowlands and Life Story, both of which won the BAFTA Best Television Drama award in their ...
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