Shadowlands
By William Nicholson | Directed by Marianne Savell
Renowned British author, C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity), finds love later in life, only to have it torn from his grasp all too soon. “Shadowlands poses classic questions about God, pain and love, but mostly it makes you determined to embrace life. You can’t ask much more of play than that.” – San Francisco Chronicle
4 Weeks – August 6 through 29
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:00 pm
General $20.00; Senior/Child/Groups $15.00
American Coast Theater Company announces
its second show of the Summer 2010 Season:
Shadowlands a love story by William Nicholson
Renowned British author, C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), finds love later in life only to have it torn from his grasp all too soon. The Chronicles of Narnia are still loved by children all across the world, but who really was Jack Lewis, as he preferred to be called? The real C.S. Lewis did marry an American, Joy Gresham, late in life. Their love was intense but brief, as Joy died of cancer within a few short years.
Nearly crushed by her death, Lewis wrote—anonymously at first—A Grief Observed. That the core love story of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands has staying power seems undeniable. The account of the unusual relationship between British author and scholar C. S. Lewis, who wrote on Christianity and literature, and also wrote many other children’s books, and Joy Davidman Gresham, an American poet and self-described Jewish-Communist-Christian, has been told in three mediums.
Nicholson originally wrote it as a television movie for the BBC in 1986 before adapting it for the stage in 1989 and for a feature-length film, which garnered an Academy Award nomination in 1993 starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.
Marianne Savell will direct Shadowlands at ACTC, and Broadway actor, Amick Byram, will play the leading role of C.S. Lewis.
Shadowlands will play for four weekends, August 6 – 8, 13 – 15, 20 – 22, and 27 – 29. Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Lyceum Theater on the campus of Vanguard University at 55 Fair drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Tickets for Shadowlands are $20 for general admission and $15 for seniors, children and groups of ten or more. To order tickets go online to www.ACTCtickets.com OR call the Box Office at 714-619-6424. For more information go to www.AmericanCoastTheater.org.
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All shows are presented at the Lyceum Theater on the Vanguard University campus off Newport Boulevard. ACTC is the resident professional theatre company at Vanguard University.
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Bill Hughes | Theatre Manager | American Coast Theater Company
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