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 song "Further Up, Further In" from the album "Room to Roam" by The Waterboys is heavily influenced by "The Chronicles of Narnia", with the title coming from a passage in "The Last Battle". C. S. Lewis is acknowledged in the liner notes as an influence. A convert to Christianity in later life, Lewis had authored a number of works on Christian apologetics and other literature with Christian-based themes before writing the "Narnia" books. The character Aslan is widely accepted by literary academia as being based on Jesus Christ. Lewis did not initially plan to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his