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==Adaptations==
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===Television===
Various books from ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' have been adapted for television over the years.

''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' was first [[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967 TV serial)|adapted in 1967]]. Comprising ten episodes of thirty minutes each, the screenplay was written by [[Trevor Preston]], and directed by Helen Standage.

''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' was [[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979 film)|adapted again in 1979]], this time as an animated cartoon co-produced by [[Bill Melendez]] and the [[Children's Television Workshop]], with a screenplay by David D. Connell.

Between 1988 and 1990, the first four books (as published) were adapted by the BBC as [[The Chronicles of Narnia (TV series)|three TV serials]]. They were also aired in America on the PBS/Disney show [[WonderWorks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieretriever.com/videohound_lists/90154/Wonderworks-Family-Movie-Series|title=Wonderworks Family Movie Series|work=movieretriever.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403090306/http://www.movieretriever.com/videohound_lists/90154/Wonderworks-Family-Movie-Series|archive-date=3 April 2012}}</ref> They were nominated for a total of 16 awards, including an Emmy for "Outstanding Children's Program"<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Wonderworks|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-wonderworks|access-date=8 July 2021|website=Television Academy|language=en}}</ref> and a number of [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] awards including Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama) in 1988, 1989 and 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1989 Television Children's Programme – Entertainment/Drama {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1989/television/childrens-programme-entertainment-drama|access-date=8 July 2021|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1990/television/childrens-programme-entertainment-drama |date=1990|access-date=8 July 2021|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1991/television/childrens-programme-entertainment-drama |date=1991 |access-date=8 July 2021|website=awards.bafta.org|language=en}}</ref>

=== Film ===
==== Walden Media ====
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[[File:2008Narniapremiere.jpg|thumb|The premiere of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]'' in 2008]]

Sceptical that any cinematic adaptation could render the more fantastical elements and characters of the story realistically,{{sfn|Hooper|2007|page=361|ps=&nbsp;– Letter to Warren Lewis, 3 March 1940}}{{Failed verification|date=July 2021|reason=The cited section does not say he had this view on cinematic adaptations, especially not on a potential Narnia adaptation given the letter was written long before he wrote any Narnia books.}} Lewis never sold the film rights to the ''Narnia'' series.<ref>''All My Road Before Me'', 1 June 1926, p. 405</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2021|reason=The cited section does not support this statement, most importantly it does not say anything about Lewis' reasons for not selling the film rights, which would have been strange given the letter was written many decades before he even thought of Narnia.}} In answering a letter with a question posed by a child in 1957, asking if the Narnia series could please be on television, C. S. Lewis wrote back: "They'd be no good on TV. Humanised beasts can't be presented to the ''eye'' without at once becoming either hideous or ridiculous. I wish the idiots who run the film world [would] realize that there are stories which are for the ''ear'' alone."{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The first novel adapted was ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. Released in December 2005, ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' was produced by [[Walden Media]], distributed by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and directed by [[Andrew Adamson]], with a screenplay by [[Ann Peacock]], Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus. The second novel adapted was ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''. Released in 2008, it was co-produced by [[Walden Media]] and [[Walt Disney Pictures]], co-written and directed by [[Andrew Adamson]], with Screenwriters including [[Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely]]. In December 2008, Disney pulled out of financing the remainder of the ''Chronicles of Narnia'' film series.<ref>{{cite web|last = Sanford|first = James|title = Disney No Longer Under Spell of Narnia|date = 24 December 2008|url = http://blog.mlive.com/james_sanford/2008/12/disney_is_no_longer_under_the.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Disney opts out of 3rd 'Narnia' film|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/12/29/daily3.html|access-date=27 March 2011|newspaper=Orlando Business Journal|date=29 December 2008}}</ref> However, Walden Media and [[20th Century Fox]] eventually co-produced ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', which was released in December 2010.

In May 2012, producer [[Douglas Gresham]] confirmed that Walden Media's contract with the C.S. Lewis Estate had expired, and that there was a moratorium on producing any ''Narnia'' films outside of Walden Media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.narniaweb.com/2012/05/gresham-shares-plans-for-next-narnia-film/|title=Gresham Shares Plans for Next Narnia Film|work=NarniaWeb|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> On 1 October 2013, it was announced that the C.S. Lewis Company had entered into an agreement with the [[Mark Gordon (film)|Mark Gordon]] Company to jointly develop and produce ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/mark-gordon-producing-fourth-narnia-movie-1200685219/|title=Mark Gordon Producing Fourth 'Narnia' Movie|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=1 October 2013|work=Variety|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> On 26 April 2017, [[Joe Johnston]] was hired to direct the film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/narnia-revival-silver-chair-director-joe-johnston-1202399920/|title='Captain America' Director Joe Johnston Boards 'Narnia' Revival 'The Silver Chair' (Exclusive)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=26 April 2017|work=Variety|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> In October, Johnston said filming is expected to begin in late 2018. In November 2018, these plans were halted because [[Netflix]] had begun developing adaptations of the entire series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.narniaweb.com/2017/11/the-silver-chair-to-begin-filming-2018-johnston-says/|title=The Silver Chair to Begin Filming 2018, Johnston Says|work=NarniaWeb|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-develop-series-films-based-cs-lewis-chronicles-narnia/|title=Netflix to Develop Series, Films Based on CS Lewis' 'The Chronicles of Narnia'|website=the wrap|author=Beatrice Verhoeven|date=3 October 2018|access-date=28 November 2018}}</ref>

==== Netflix ====
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On 3 October 2018, the C.S. Lewis Company announced that [[Netflix]] had acquired the rights to new film and television series adaptations of the ''Narnia'' books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-develop-series-films-based-cs-lewis-chronicles-narnia/|title=Netflix to Develop Series, Films Based on CS Lewis' 'The Chronicles of Narnia'|website=the wrap|author=Beatrice Verhoeven|date=3 October 2018|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> According to ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'', this was the first time that rights to the entire ''Narnia'' catalogue had been held by a single company.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jenkins|first=Aric|date=1 November 2018|title=Netflix Looks in the Wardrobe to Find a Fantasy Hit|journal=Fortune|type=Paper|volume=178|issue=5|page=19}}</ref> [[Entertainment One]], which had acquired production rights to a fourth ''Narnia'' film, also joined the series. [[Mark Gordon (film)|Mark Gordon]], Douglas Gresham and Vincent Sieber were announced as executive producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/netflix-the-chronicles-of-narnia-tv-series-and-films-eone-1202475272|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003182141/https://deadline.com/2018/10/netflix-the-chronicles-of-narnia-tv-series-and-films-eone-1202475272/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2018|title=Netflix To Develop 'The Chronicles of Narnia' TV Series & Films|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=3 October 2018|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref>

===Radio===
The [[BBC]]  produced  dramatisations of all seven novels starting in the late 1980s and running into the 90s starring [[Maurice Denham]] as Professor Kirke. They were Originally broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] In the UK.  BBC Audiobooks released both audio cassette and compact disc versions of the series.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Between 1998 and 2002, Focus on the Family produced radio dramatisations by [[Paul McCusker]] of the entire series through its [[Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre|Radio Theatre]] programme.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Greg|title=Reviews by Greg Wright&nbsp;– Narnia Radio Broadcast|url=http://hollywoodjesus.com/comments/greg/2005/06/narnia-radio-broadcast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050710013141/http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/comments/greg/2005/06/narnia-radio-broadcast.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2005|access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Over one hundred performers took part including [[Paul Scofield]] as the storyteller and [[David Suchet]] as Aslan.  Accompanied by an original orchestral score and cinema-quality [[Digital audio|digital sound]] design, the series was hosted by Lewis's stepson Douglas Gresham and ran for just over 22 hours. Recordings of the entire adaptation were released on compact disc between 1999 and 2003.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

===Stage===
Many stage adaptations of ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' have been produced over the years.

In 1984, Vanessa Ford Productions presented ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' at London's Westminster Theatre. Adapted by Glyn Robbins, the play was directed by [[Richard Williams (theatre director)|Richard Williams]] and designed by Marty Flood. The production was later revived at Westminster and The Royalty Theatre and went on tour until 1997. Productions of other tales from ''The Chronicles'' were also staged, including ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (1986), ''The Magician's Nephew'' (1988) and ''The Horse and His Boy'' (1990).{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

In 1997, Trumpets Inc., a Filipino Christian theatre and musical production company, produced a musical rendition of "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" that Douglas Gresham, Lewis's stepson (and co-producer of the Walden Media film adaptations), has openly declared that he feels is the closest to Lewis's intent. The book and lyrics were written by Jaime del Mundo and Luna Inocian, while the music was composed by Lito Villareal.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.philstar.com/sunday-life/2012/10/14/859279/stepson-narnia|title= The Stepson of Narnia|last1= Garceau|first1= Scott|last2= Garceau|first2=Therese|date= 14 October 2012|work= The Philippine Star|access-date= 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RI_ABAAAQBAJ&q=Lito+Villareal+trumpets&pg=PT131 |last= Simpson |first= Paul |date= 2013 |title= A Brief Guide to C. S. Lewis: From Mere Christianity to Narnia |publisher= Little, Brown Book Group |isbn= 978-0762450763 |access-date= 9 July 2015}}</ref>

The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] premiered ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] in 1998. The novel was adapted as a musical production by Adrian Mitchell, with music by Shaun Davey.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cavendish|first=Dominic|title=Theatre: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-1186280.html|access-date=31 March 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 November 1998}}</ref> The show was originally directed by Adrian Noble and designed by Anthony Ward, with the revival directed by Lucy Pitman-Wallace. Well received by audiences, the production was periodically re-staged by the RSC for several years afterwards.<ref>{{cite news|last=Melia|first=Liz|title=Engaging fairytale is sure to enchant all|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/stage/stories/2002/12/lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe.shtml|access-date=31 March 2011|newspaper=BBC|date=9 December 2002}}</ref>

In 2022, The Logos Theater, of [[Taylors, South Carolina]], created a stage adaptation of ''The Horse and His Boy'', with later performances at the [[Museum of the Bible]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://dctheaterarts.org/2023/01/19/live-theater-returns-to-a-gem-of-a-venue-at-the-museum-of-the-bible/| title = Live theater returns to a gem of a venue at the Museum of the Bible| last = Stoltenberg| first = John| date = January 19, 2023| website = DC Theater Arts| publisher = | access-date = January 20, 2024| quote = }}</ref> and [[Ark Encounter]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arkencounter.com/events/presentations/horse-and-his-boy/ | title=Presentations }}</ref>