context

Context of Narnia, of how Narnia came to be, and all the characters (that are relevant)

Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe context (film/book)

The book/film of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe starts in 1940’s London during the London Blitz. Our main characters are four siblings; Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. The four siblings are sent off on a train to the countryside away from the bombing and the war to go live with professor Digory Kirk, however they are often looked after by Mrs. Macready and punished by her. Lucy first discovers Narnia through a game of hide and seek the children play shortly after arriving in the mansion, she goes to hide in the wardrobe in the spare room and when she goes in she steps in Narnia. There she meets Mr. Tumnus, a half-goat half-man, and is confused but she goes along with it. Tumnus then invites her over to his house and she agrees to go along and when they arrive Tumnus plays her a lullaby with his flute and puts her to sleep, when she wakes up she finds Tumnus distressed on the floor and asks him whats wrong and he tells her he planned to kidnap her, however he realized he was doing the wrong thing and stops. He tells Lucy about the White Witch and how she ordered all Narnian’s if they were to ever find a human in Narnia, it was their duty to capture said human and bring them back to her. However Tumnus lets Lucy go, and she does. upon returning through the wardrobe she finds that no time has passed at all since she first entered even though she spent several hours in Narnia. She tells her siblings but they don’t believe her. Later that night Lucy wakes up and decides to go back to Narnia, Edmund noticed and sneakily follows her, when Edmund arrives in Narnia he is surprised it is actually real but then makes an encounter with the White Witch, she makes him trust her by sweet talking him about being king of Narnia and by giving him his favorite treats, Turkish delight, he then tells her how his sister has been to Narnia before and how shes been with a faun called Tumnus. She tells him to bring his sibling along next time, and he complies. They part ways and Edmund and Lucy find each other in Narnia and when they go back she tries to get Edmund to tell Peter and Susan about how Narnia is real but he lies to Peter and Susan about the existence of Narnia. Later they all get chased by Mrs. Macready into the wardrobe and they all fall into Narnia. They follow Lucy to Tumnus’s house and find out he’s been arrested by Maugrim, the witches wolf and chief of police. The children then head outside where they meet a beaver, he goes by Mr. Beaver in the story, then Mr. Beaver proceeds to invite the children to his house where they meet Mrs. Beaver. There the beavers tell the children the prophecy and how they will kill the white witch with Aslans help, meanwhile Edmund sneaks out of the beavers house and runs to the witches castle. Once Edmund arrives at the witches castle he meets Maugrim and gets punished by the witch for not following her orders and bringing his three siblings along with him. Edmund gets thrown in the dungeon and meets Mr. Tumnus there, however their meeting is short lived because Tumnus gets frozen by the witch, and is presumed dead. The rest of the children notice Edmund went missing and tried chasing him but they were too late, because Edmund had told the witch his siblings were at the beavers house and so the witch sent her pack of wolves to chase the children. The beavers and the children run out through the secret passageway and meet Mr. Fox, they initially do not trust Mr. Fox but they had no other choice but to trust him and hope for the best, so they climbed a tree and hid, while Mr. Fox distracted the wolves and lied to them about where the children went. They then escape and make way to Aslans camp, on the way they meet Santa Claus which gifts Peter, Susan and Lucy presents. He gives to Lucy a magic potion that can heal any injury, a horn and a bow & arrow to Susan, and finally a sword and shield to Peter. They then get cornered by the wolves on a iced up river with a waterfall that is melting, so with Peters quick thinking by stabbing his sword to the ground and grabbing a hold of the beavers and Lucy and Susan the broken piece of ice went down the river and they escaped. Soon they arrive at Aslans camp and greet Aslan himself, they then make a plan with Aslan to take back Edmund, they go along with the plan and on the way to the witches camp they get stopped by Maugrim and Vandar (wolfs) Peter kills Maugrim with Aslan killing Vandar. They then rescue Edmund and take him back to Aslans camp and Aslan has a serious chat with him and gives him a sword, later the witch appears in Aslans camp demanding that Edmund be returned to her because he is a traitor, and traitors belong to her. So Aslan invites the witch to his tent to make a private deal. she agrees to the terms and leaves the camp and leaves Edmund be. later that night Aslan sneaks out but gets caught by Lucy and Susan and gives them lecture then leaves them and goes to the stone table where the witch and her minions are awaiting Aslans arrival. once he does he has his mane cut off and is killed/sacrificed on the stone table, the witch full of confidence, thinking she’s won starts the war, and then the war begins and Peter and Edmund are leading the army into battle, meanwhile at Aslans death site, Lucy and Susan are mourning his death. But Aslan gets revived at sunrise because according to the stone tables legend ‘if someone who has done no wrong is wrongly killed/sacrificed on the stone table, they will be resurrected’ and so is what happened with Aslan. Aslan, Susan and Lucy then go to the witches castle and Aslan saves/unfreezes all the Narnians who were frozen by the witch, including Tumnus. They then join the fight, Peter is being driven back by the witch, then Edmund steps into the fold and creates an opening for peter, Edmund gets stabbed and fatally wounded but Peter is able to drives the witch into a corner and then goes to take care of Edmund Aslan Susan and Lucy arrive and Aslan kills the witch and Lucy gives Edmund a sip of her magic potion that can heal any wound. Once the battle is finished and Narnia was taken back by Aslan and the children. A couple of days later the children were crowned kings and queens. ‘ King Edmund the Just’ ‘ Queen Lucy the Valiant’ ‘ Queen Susan the Gentle’ ‘ King Peter the Magnificent’…

Narnia, Actors 2nd year level 3 production

!Disclaimer!

Our version of Narnia is an altered piece based by ‘Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’ which we have devised ourselves and made our own script. it is a simplified version of the original since we only have 30 minutes to work with but still follows the main plot and story line!

The play

This story starts in London, the year it 1947 and it is during the London Bombing/Blitz. Scene 1, is a bunch of London citizens walking the busy streets of London until a bomb falls and kills most of them. Lucy one of our protagonists and her siblings are among the London citizens who got hit. Next scene. Next we know scene 2 starts and Lucy is in the Hospital with an injured leg, Susan, Peter and Edmund are all there too but shortly a Bomb is dropped right outside the hospital. Scene 3 starts by Lucy waking up in Narnia, she proceeds to investigate this intriguing land of snow and peace and as she is she bumps into a weird looking goat man whom is called Tumnus, he is actually a Faun. They chat and Tumnus introduces Lucy to Narnia and asks if she would like to come over to his house, she originally isn’t sure but swiftly changes her mind. when she does Tumnus Hypnotizes her to sleep with his flute and his “Narnian lullaby” time passes and Lucy is confused as to what happened, she encounters Tumnus sobbing on the floor and he tells her how hes such a terrible faun because hes trying to kidnap her. she then tries to leave but Tumnus doesn’t let her but instead tries to win her trust and help her escape the white witches grasp. They both run off and Edmund catches a glimpse of them and starts to mess around with the trees. Little did Edmund know the white witch was right there. Not knowing she is the white witch and the “queen” of Narnia he is cocky and talks back to her until he discovers she is the queen of Narnia, The witch gets the information she needs from him, that being; he is human, has 3 siblings and that Lucy is already in Narnia with Tumnus. once the witch learns of Tumnus’s betrayal she sends Maugrim off to capture him and then she freezes him and threatens Edmund that if hes ever to betray her, that is the consequence he’ll suffer. Scene 4, Lucy makes her way to the Beavers house but they are quite distressed at what and who Lucy is, once they hear her cry they sympathies and lets Lucy in. Lucy talks about how she misses her siblings and once she does Peter, Susan, and Edmund all appear outside Beavers home, Mr. Beaver welcomes them in they all reunite, but it is short lived since Edmund sneaks off to meet with Maugrim and lies about it to everyone by just nonchalantly asking where is the toilet. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver tell Lucy Peter and Susan the prophecy but then they hear a wolf howl just outside, so they must all make a hasty escape. The children then escape and make their way into scene 5, where they meet Santa Claus whom gives them their weapons disguised as presents. a magic potion and dagger for Lucy, a bow and a horn for Susan, and a sword and shield for Peter. After that they make way into scene 6 where they meet Aslan in his campsite and plan to free Edmund. (Edmund is freed off stage) Maugrim and Mr. Beaver have a fight, and Mr. Beaver is barely able to escape just after Maugrim gets told off by the witch for not bowing and then the battle starts. Scene 7, troops are fighting and dying again and again but Peter is fighting the witch, and he is cornered… however Edmund appears last minute and rescues him but ends up getting his belly slashed open, that gives Peter enough rage and determination to finish her off so he fights with the witch one last time and knocks her to the floor. he then rushes to Edmund’s side and the witch is slain by Aslan, from there it all fades back into reality where we’re back in the London streets all hugging Lucy comforting her. and that’s when you know, it was all a dream.