Max McLean’s script for his riveting new play "C.S. Lewis On Further Up & Further In." Lewis’ magnetic personality, astonishing eloquence and self-deprecating wit come alive in a theatrical experience venturing deep into the soul of one of the most influential thinkers of the past century. Using Lewis’s own words, a dazzling, multimedia, theatrical event What convinced Lewis of the divinity of Christ. Why the BBC gave him a huge audience to deliver wartime talks that would become Mere Christianity. How Hitler influenced the writing of The Screwtape Letters. How his profound insights on prayer, heaven and the Second Coming of Christ influenced The Chronicles of Narnia. A mesmerizing, one-of-kind experience that takes you further up and further in the heart and mind of C.S. Lewis.
Reading the script after seeing the performance allowed me time and space to ponder more deeply lewis’ profound insights. This is part 2 of a proposed trilogy on lewis’ life and life-work. One of the great thinkers-and Christian apologists of the 20th century-his works are even more important now than when they were first written.