Classical Children's Plays

“Prince Caspian” is a wonderful book - funny, exciting, bittersweet and touching. In writing this stage adaptation, I have endeavoured to keep all of that delightful humour and stirring magic in a form that children will love to act out. But “Prince Caspian” is also brimming with wisdom. Never one to shy away from big questions, C.S. Lewis explores some of the thorniest problems of our own day and age: What does faith look like in an agnostic world? What happens when we tame nature to death? What makes a true leader? And how should conquerors and colonized people relate to each other? In “Prince Caspian”, we are offered wonderfully wise and warm answers to these problems, and more. To make this complex narrative more accessible to young actors, I have simplified the structure to avoid the use of flashback, and have included ample stage directions to make it practical for school performances. The battles, the friendships, the betrayals and rescues, and the final discovery of what it is to be a leader, are all discovered through story and character interaction, rather than stated openly. This production is ideal for performers aged ten to fifteen years old.