The only letter we have of Lewis commenting on James Forsyth’s Screwtape is to his publisher, Jocelyn Gibb (February 9, 1962). In it he notes that it is “an ordinary play” that merely has “devils who aren’t much more than commentators.” Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of …
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James Forsyth, who wrote the play Screwtape, shared the copyright of the drama with C.S. Lewis. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, All About Jack. Also …
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In 1961, two years before Lewis died, James Forsyth published a dramatic play entitled Screwtape that was based on The Screwtape Letters. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast …
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Marvel Comics came out with a graphic novel edition of The Screwtape Letters in 1994. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, All About Jack. Also you …
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A major theme of “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is how democracy can be twisted to benefit Hell’s purposes. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, All About …
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The fame from The Screwtape Letters led to Lewis being on the cover of Time magazine on September 8, 1947. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, …
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“Screwtape Proposes a Toast,” the follow-up essay from Lewis, is about five times the length of the average letter from Screwtape. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, …
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In the new preface to the 1961 edition Lewis joked about The Screwtape Letters being the type of book “that gravitates towards spare bedrooms, there to live a life of undisturbed tranquility.” Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear …
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According to Walter Hooper, Lewis had likely finished writing all of The Screwtape Letters by the end of 1940. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, All About …
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The idea for Screwtape actually came to Lewis during a church service. He told his brother about it in a letter from July 1940: “It…would consist of letters from an elderly retired devil to a young devil who has just started work on his first ‘patient’.” Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page …
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