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Narnia Plays

Narnia chronicled on Calgary stage

The prairies are taking on tinsletown in the battle for Narnia. With the impending release of Hollywood’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, Rosebud Theatre is taking on the challenge of presenting their version for the stage without CGI or THX sound. Only two actors to play every role! […]

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C.S. Lewis

Beyond the Wardrobe

In October 1945, C.S. Lewis wrote a slightly grumpy reply to someone asking him to do a book on Christianity, in plain language, specifically for workers. Since giving a series of wartime BBC lectures on the faith’s basics, Lewis had become a kind of Christian Answer Man, and frankly, he had other ambitions and projects. “I am nearly 47,” he complained. “Where are my successors?” […]

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C.S. Lewis

A Man and His Myths

In 1949, the year he finished writing “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” C. S. Lewis was leading at least four different lives. His reputation as a Christian apologist had already been launched with several books and a series of BBC radio speeches. He was a charismatic Oxford professor, an expert in Milton and Spenser. […]