![]() ![]() Lewis says the gates of hell are locked from the inside. "The conflict in the play - it's a lot of people's spiritual conflict - is the clash between our will. ![]() "When they arrive in this new world, this heavenly world, they're met by what are called spirits, who invite them to stay and kind of to work through the unique flaws in their character that drove them to hell in the first place." The characters are offered a choice to repent and stay or return to hell, which is the crux of the story. Lewis' metaphor for the offer of salvation," McLean says. He says that the 90-minute play covers the story's arc about people in hell taking a bus trip to a heavenly world. "It's very close to the original work," McLean explains. In addition to playing Lewis in "The Most Reluctant Convert," which was released by FPA (), McLean also adapted Lewis's novel, "The Great Divorce," for the stage. Since then, McLean has worked in Christian theater and is the founder and artistic director of the Fellowship for Performing Arts, a New York City-based production company focusing on theater and film from a Christian worldview. Like Lewis, McLean converted to Christianity in his early 20s. ![]() ![]() You can't get much better words than C.S. He said he loved using English language forcefully, so for an actor to be able to articulate those words and those thoughts. "It's a lot of fun being that smart for 90 minutes. ![]()
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