A faun carrying an umbrella. A queen in a sledge. A magnificent lion.
The images appeared in the mind of British writer C.S. Lewis more than 50 years ago, prompting him to write “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” The novel about the Pevensie children, evacuated to the countryside from World War II London, and their discovery of the magical land of Narnia on the other side of a wardrobe, has captivated generations of children and adults.
Those characters and more were on stage at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library on Tuesday as part of an exhibit to promote the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media film “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” due to open in theaters Dec. 9