Shadowlands

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Event Shadowlands
Venue Mercury Theatre, The Gods, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 27 July 1991
Last Date 25 August 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A piercingly moving love story based on the real relationship between C.S.Lewis (creator of the Narnia Chronicles, literary historian, theologian and critic) and Joy Gresham, a forthright American poet.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Grant Bridger Actor Christopher Riley
Ross Duncan Actor C.S.Lewis
Norman Forsey Actor Warnie
Helen Medlyn Actor Joy Gresham
Simon Prast Actor
Paul Minifie Director
William Nicholson Playwright
Dorita Hannah Set Designer
Text Nationality England
Further Information First produced 1989, Queens Theatre, London. (http://www.williamnicholson.co.uk/05/films.asp) Had already been seen on television in New Zealand, starring Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom. NZ Premiere.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189503