In chapter one of the American edition, the animals in which Edmund and Susan express interest are snakes and foxes rather than the foxes and rabbits of the British edition. [53] [54] Ryken, Leland; Mead, and; Lamp, Marjorie (2005). A Reader's Guide Through the Wardrobe: Exploring C. S. Lewis's Classic Story. London: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-3289-7. Direct from the West End, this modern adaptation begins as a wartime drama before Lucy takes her first steps through the wardrobe into the mystical faraway land of Narnia.

That’s a nasty idea. Still—a robin, you know. They’re good birds in all the stories I’ve ever read. I’m sure a robin wouldn’t be on the wrong side.” “If it comes to that, which is the right side? How do we know that the Fauns are in the right and the Queen (yes, I know we’ve been told she’s a witch) is in the wrong? We don’t really know anything about either.” “The Faun saved Lucy.” “He said he did. But how do we know? And there’s another thing too. Has anyone the least idea of the way home from here?” “Great Scott!” said Peter, “I hadn’t thought of that.” “And no chance of dinner either,” said Edmund. The story has been adapted three times for television. The first was a 10-part serial produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast in 1967. This version was adapted by Trevor Preston and directed by Helen Standage. [61] In 1979, an animated TV movie, [62] directed by Peanuts director Bill Melendez, was broadcast and won the first Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. [ citation needed] A third television adaptation was produced in 1988 by the BBC using a combination of live actors, animatronic puppets, and animation. The 1988 adaptation was the first of a series of four Narnia adaptations over three seasons. The programme was nominated for an Emmy Award and won a BAFTA. [ citation needed] Theatre [ edit ]In August 1948, during a visit by an American writer, Chad Walsh, Lewis talked vaguely about completing a children's book he had begun "in the tradition of E. Nesbit". [16] After this conversation, not much happened until the beginning of the next year. Then everything changed. In his essay "It All Began With a Picture", Lewis continues: "At first I had very little idea how the story would go. But then suddenly Aslan came bounding into it. I think I had been having a good many dreams of lions about that time. Apart from that, I don't know where the Lion came from or why he came. But once he was there, he pulled the whole story together, and soon he pulled the six other Narnian stories in after him." [17] On 7 December 2005, the film had its world premiere in London as the 59th Royal Film Performance, an event held in aid of The Film and Television Charity. The event took place at the Royal Albert Hall and was attended by the then Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. [39] The film was released 8 December 2005, in the United Kingdom and 9 December 2005, in North America and the rest of Europe. The first scene shot was at the former RNZAF Base Hobsonville for the railway scene. [26] Afterwards, they shot the Blitz scene, which Adamson called their first formal day of shooting. [8] My daughter gasped as we joined Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they waved goodbye to wartime Britain and became immersed in the deep magic of this other world. Jules Tasca, Ted Drachman and Thomas Tierney collaborated on a musical adaptation published in 1986. [64]

Narnia DVD Sales Dominate First Week – ComingSoon.net". 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008 . Retrieved 7 December 2019. Dams2005-09-23T00:00:00+01:00, Tim. "Narnia set for royal world premiere in London". Screen . Retrieved 16 August 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) The White Witch journeys to Aslan's camp to claim Edmund, but Aslan secretly offers himself instead. That night, as Lucy and Susan covertly watch, the White Witch kills Aslan, then deploys an army to slaughter Aslan's troops. Lucy and Susan send a warning, and Edmund persuades Peter to take command. In the morning, both armies violently clash. Aslan is resurrected, citing magic beyond the Witch's understanding, and takes Susan and Lucy to the Witch's castle to free the petrified prisoners. Edmund is mortally wounded while saving Peter from the Witch, but the reinforcements arrive and Aslan kills the Witch. Edmund is healed by Lucy's cordial, and the Pevensies are crowned King Peter the Magnificent, Queen Susan the Gentle, King Edmund the Just, and Queen Lucy the Valiant. Gormley, Beatrice. C. S. Lewis: The Man Behind Narnia. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-5301-1. p. 122. (Second edition of C. S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller. Eerdmans. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8028-5121-5.)Wilson, Tracy V (7 December 2005). "Howstuffworks "The World of Narnia" ". Howstuffworks.com . Retrieved 21 December 2010. Perry Moore; Anna Popplewell; Georgie Henley; Andrew Adamson; Roger Ford; Ben Wooten; Richard Taylor; Howard Berger; Dean Wright; Douglas Gresham (2005). The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – The Official Illustrated Movie Companion. Harpercollins. pp. 104–113. ISBN 0-00-720817-0.