The High Plains Library District’s Chautauqua series will present “C.S. Lewis Live” at the library, 400 Powers St. The series brings in literature experts-turned-actors to present in character as famous authors.
Last year, a re-enactor played the part of Edgar Allen Poe during a Chautauqua stop at Erie Community Library. Library director Tony Brewer said he anticipates another standing-room-only crowd for the C.S. Lewis presentation in the library’s “living room.”
“I expect there will be a good crowd for this one, given the popularity of C.S. Lewis,” said Brewer, who noted the Erie performance will differ from High Plains’ C.S. Lewis program conducted in Greeley. “It’s really fascinating how they do this. They come on dressed as the character and they’ve taken on this person’s persona. They don’t even act like the person they really are while they’re here. He’ll present on the life of C.S. Lewis, then there will be a time when the audience can ask questions and he will respond in the character of C.S. Lewis.”
Kevin Radaker, a professor and chair of the English department at Anderson University in Indiana, will play the part of Lewis. Radaker has also played the part of Henry David Thoreau in the Chautauqua series.
Scooter informed us in the comments that the library is located in Erie, Colorado, USA.
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