Focus on the Family Radio Theater

Arla · Post by **Arla** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:29 pm

In all the midst of the Narnia talk I like to bring light Focus's radio theater drama of Narnia, which is awsome. No matter how the movies turn out this is a brilliant recording of the stories. I would recomend it to all.

FrayedAroundTheEdges · Fri May 23, 2008 9:24 pm

ohhhh yeaaaa
i have all of them in a box set haha i got them for christams two years ago

i luuuv the silver chair, it is prolly my favorite one out of all of them!i luv all of the focus radio theaters actually *especially Anne of Green Gables and Les Miserables

!!*
but Narnia is definitly up there! i luv the guy that they got to play Prince Caspian, hes pretty sweet!!

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:51 pm

Amazing series... you can't go wrong with Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre!

I was fortunate to get all seven of them in a special set for only $25.

Post by **Catspaw** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:46 pm

Wow, you got a great deal! My family bought the full set of Narnia Radio Theatre when it was fairly new and therefore paid a lot more for it. They are all really well done and we've listened to them many times since then, of course! $\:D/$ "The Horse and His Boy" is actually my favourite, which is interesting, since it wasn't anywhere close to being a favourite book for me.

Laurie · Post by **Laurie** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:55 am

Yep. I have them all. Great way to make riding/driving in the car go quickly too. A real shame that Focus stopped doing RT.

jelly · Post by **jelly** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:54 am

Mud wrote:Wow, you got a great deal! My family bought the full set of Narnia Radio Theatre when it was fairly new and therefore paid a lot more for it. They are all really well done and we've listened to them many times since then, of course! $\:D/$ "The Horse and His Boy" is actually my favourite, which is interesting, since it wasn't anywhere close to being a favourite book for me.

That's exactly how we got them, and now we've worn out the tapes!!

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is by far my favorite, Focus did a fantastic job!

I highly recomend these well done dramas to everyone.
For example; Get Prince Caspian for some of the younger kids out there, seeing as how the movie wasn't entirely small-kid apropriate, and they can still enjoy the book come to life!

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:07 pm

Yeah, I have those. They're awesome.

jasonjannajerryjohn · Post by **jasonjannajerryjohn** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:11 pm

Congrats Focus on the increadable box set. With my being a gigantic Narnia fan, of corse I would have it. $\:D/$

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:37 pm

Laurie wrote:Yep. I have them all. Great way to make riding/driving in the car go quickly too. A real shame that Focus stopped doing RT.

Did you hear that FOTF have the rights to turn The Screwtape Letters into a RT presentation?

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:33 pm

But they stopped doing RT...

Laurie · Post by **Laurie** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:38 pm

Since they stopped doing RT I doubt very much that they will start it up again just to produce the Screwtape Letters. Also, I think that if they were serious about doing it, they would have done it by now and it would be out on CD.

Aslan · Post by **Aslan** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:48 pm

I love the CDs, they are amazing! $\:D/$
I got mine pretty cheap too

musickid · Post by **musickid** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:22 pm

That's the best!!! I just love the Radio Family Theater Narnia!! We have to whole set and I'd rather listen to it than watch a movie!!!

Fourmoons · Post by **Fourmoons** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:17 pm

My dad got the box set for my sister a while ago. I've probably listened to them all at least twice each. $\:D/$ I love the way they begin each of them, and the music is really great.
The main thing that I really don't like about it is the voice they used for Aslan. He just doesn't sound right for Aslan.

But, beyond voices that I don't think fit the characters, I very much enjoy listening to them.

FrayedAroundTheEdges · Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:20 pm

Fourmoons wrote:My dad got the box set for my sister a while ago. I've probably listened to them all at least twice each. $\:D/$ I love the way they begin each of them, and the music is really great.
The main thing that I really don't like about it is the voice they used for Aslan. He just doesn't sound right for Aslan.
But, beyond voices that I don't think fit the characters, I very much enjoy listening to them.

yea at first i thought that it wasnt very, king like i guess, i mean hes the leader of the WHOLE world, and i gues his voice isnt like hearty enough but hes still A RLY good actor

...his voice kinda grew on me and ive listened to it so much that i cant imagine anyone else...but i LUUV the guy who plays Aslan in the movies...he ssoooo good.

dodobirdeee · Post by **dodobirdeee** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:01 pm

I love all of the disks. I have every single one of them!

Pirate Oriana · Post by **Pirate Oriana** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:27 pm

Has anyone else noticed that in The Magician's Nephew when Queen Jadas(sp) tries to cast a spell on Digory's Aunt and nothing happens that a cricket is chirping in the background?

Peachey Keen · Post by **Peachey Keen** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:56 am

I have them all!I bought them seprately.Most of them I got for $10.My dad bought one of them for me.I listen to them when I wan't to go to sleep.Not recently though.

Pirate Oriana · Post by **Pirate Oriana** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:04 am

Catspaw wrote:Wow, you got a great deal! My family bought the full set of Narnia Radio Theatre when it was fairly new and therefore paid a lot more for it. They are all really well done and we've listened to them many times since then, of course! $\:D/$ "The Horse and His Boy" is actually my favourite, which is interesting, since it wasn't anywhere close to being a favourite book for me.

I'm the same way, I wonder why that is.

Jacob Isom · Post by **Jacob Isom** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:24 am

Laurie wrote:Since they stopped doing RT I doubt very much that they will start it up again just to produce the Screwtape Letters. Also, I think that if they were serious about doing it, they would have done it by now and it would be out on CD.

They haven't officially stopped making Radio Theatre productions. They just slowed down on releasing installments. They "stopped" making productions before the "Amazing Grace" boxed set, which was released as a tie-in to the movie out at that time. RT's focus at the moment seems to be to release dramas that will tie in with upcoming movies. It gets more publicity that way and more people hear about RT.

And I would say the productions have an increase in quality and thoroughness as well.