Product Description
From the award-winning audio drama team that brought you Radio Theatres Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia. In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spi… More >>
The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:18 am
My family loved this audio collection! We put it in the DVD player and set the audio on “Small Hall” and listened for several hours at a time. We couldn’t put it away! I found myself relating on more than one occasion which is why this story drew me in so completely.
Screwtape certainly made you think seriously about your own prayer life as well as providing an inspiring look inside the enemy’s camp. You’ll walk away understanding so much more about warfare. Truly a “must-have” for any audio library!
Rating: 5 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:38 am
Awesome! I really liked this take on The Screwtape Letters – it seemed more modern, and more applicable to the here and now. The Dramatization is top notch, and Andy Serkis is very engaging (From Gollum to Screwtape – is that going up or down?) – I couldn’t turn it off once I got started! Whether you are familiar with the book or not, or whether you are a christian, or religious or not, I think anyone will enjoy it, and find it very… intriguing…you may never look at your world the same again….>:D
Rating: 5 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:49 am
I have never read C.S. Lewis’ book “The Screwtape Letters” (insert gasp) so when I had the chance to receive the dramatization of the book on audio CD I jumped at it. The set comes on 4 CDs with a bonus DVD in 5.1 surround and a beautiful collector’s case with slip jacket. This is Focus on the Family’s radio theatre version, so as anyone who is familiar with Focus, this is a quality product.
The dramatization is performed by many world class actors and actresses such as, Andy Serkis (Gollum in Lord of the Rings), Geoffrey Palmer (Tomorrow Never Dies), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sweeney Todd) and Eileen Page (The Secret Garden). The vocalization in this drama is incredible and it feels as if one is actually hearing the letters being read by the demons about their “patients”. I will say my children found some aspects of it scary and hard to follow – it isn’t as easy to keep the voices and characters separate as you would if reading a book or watching a movie. The sound effects are also done so well that I could feel myself actually sitting in the places where the “patients” were – background voices, doors opening and closing and so on.
In the DVD you’ll get behind the scenes glimpses at the making of the dramatization, an interview with Andy Serkis who does the voice of Screwtape (AKA senior demon) and other aspects of C.S. Lewis and the making of the incredible recording of “The Screwtape Letters”. A well done DVD that can be played in both regular DVD player or in your computer to make it easier to view.
**I was given a copy for my honest review by Tyndale.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:18 am
The quality of this recording is outstanding, the acting is superbly done, and the essence of C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape’s Letters is maintained. I’ve been listening to it again and again, but it doesn’t lose that crisp edge of truth or wit.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:51 am
Do you know the fight your up against? How does the devil work? This is a must have for any christian serious about learning to live the christian life.
Rating: 5 / 5