|
|
Shadowlands
"Shadowlands" was a play depicting C. S. Lewis's friendship and marriage to Joy
Davidman Gresham towards the end of his life. The play was first mooted way back in 1983
by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone. Their script, under the title "Surprised By Joy", was
optioned by a TV company but was not made. It emerged two years later and was revived
by scriptwriter Bill Nicholson who wrote an entirely new script entitled 'Shadowlands'. This
was released as a TV film. The piece was then re-written as a stage play and starred Nigel
Hawthorne and Jane Lapotaire (who was later replaced by Jane Alexander). It premiered
in London in 1990, and then in New York in 1991.
|