Adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia he had seen – starring Amanda Muggleton, Dennis Olsen, Meaghan Davies and Yolande Brown). Theatrical productions of "The Chronicles of Narnia" have become popular with professional, community and youth theatres in recent years. A musical version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" written specifically for performance by youth is available through Josef Weinberger. In 2015, a musical comedy adaptation by "Centro de Música y Comedia Musical CEEC" (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) named "Narnia: Vuelve a vivir". The production was made by Gabriel Bedrossian as music and lyrics composer, Silvia Mignaqui as theatre director and Jimena Valiño as
The Chronicles of Narnia "Narnia" stories. Lewis maintained that the "Narnia" books were not allegorical, preferring to term their Christian aspects a "supposition". "The Chronicles" have, consequently, a large Christian following, and are widely used to promote Christian ideas. However, some Christians object that "The Chronicles" promote "soft-sell paganism and occultism" due to recurring pagan imagery and themes. In later years, both Lewis and the "Chronicles" have been criticised (often by other authors of fantasy fiction) for gender role stereotyping, though other authors have defended Lewis in this area. For example, Lucy gets a healing potion and a dagger, while Peter gets a sword.