Details

Set in Oxford, in the 1950s, Shadowlands is a witty, erudite and moving play about the unlikely but true romance between reserved British academic, author and theologian C.S Lewis and outspoken, divorced American poet Joy Gresham. When they met, Lewis - an Oxford don in his fifties living quietly and contentedly with his brother, Warnie - could not have anticipated how their lives would become entwined. Their marriage of convenience, undertaken to avoid Gresham's deportation, soon grew into a much more profound and significant connection.

Cast/Performers

Charles Dance (CS Lewis), Janie Dee (Joy Gresham), John Standing (Professor Christopher Riley), Richard Durden (Major W.H. Lewis), Graham Padden (Reverend 'Harry' Harrington), Alan Gregg (Drew Mulligan), Osmund Bullock (Dr Maurice), Christian Lees (Douglas, Jonah Lees (Douglas), Adam Megginson (Douglas), Naomi Paxton (Nurse / Witness), Sioned Jones (Registrar)

Creatives/Company

Author: William Nicholson
Producer(s): Brian Eastman, Andrew Welch, Richmond Theatre Productions
Director: Michael Barker-Cavern
Design: Matthew Wright
Lighting: Peter Mumford

Shadowlands

Shadowlands (Play) production archive for QTIX code T749469644. Details of all Shadowlands archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4930

Archive Listings

21 Dec 07 to 23 Feb 08	Novello Theatre West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
3 Oct 07 to 15 Dec 07	Wyndham's Theatre West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
24 Sep 07 to 29 Sep 07	Richmond Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
17 Sep 07 to 22 Sep 07	Malvern Theatres Malvern, Worcestershire Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Sep 07 to 15 Sep 07	Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
5 Sep 07 to 8 Sep 07	Arts Theatre Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive

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