Talk:Shadowlands (play)

Real story?
I find it strange that none of the works on their story (play, movie) mentions her conversion to Christianity except in the context of getting married for extraneous reasons…I have read elsewhere (don't remember where, although the Wiki page on her alludes to it) that Davidson in fact moved to England because she was inspired by Lewis' Christian worldview and wanted to adopt them…this seems to be a huge part of the story (I don't remember anything in the movie about it, never saw the play). Historian932 (talk) 04:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Helen Joy Davidman, of Jewish origin, converted to Christianity upon marrying William Lindsay Gresham in 1942, long before her encounter with Lewis. Rozsaphile1 (talk) 13:38, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * The second paragraph on her marriage to Gresham in the Joy Davidman article describes the experience when God entered her life in 1946. (She was an atheist prior to this experience) and it was after this, through reading works on Christianity including those of C. S. Lewis that she was converted. Sourced paragraph on Life with William Lindsay Gresham. Agadant (talk) 02:45, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Not quite right
Something is just not quite right with the links, articles and timeline of the creation of "Shadowlands" the stage play, the TV movie, and the 1993 film. It is confusing at best and the internal wikilinks cause one to go around in circles without a clear understanding of what came first, what is an actual stage play, and what is a TV movie. My suggestion is to separate the actual "play" article from the 1985 TV film. That way the timeline is correct and the reader knows for certain which came first and what is a play and what is a movie. This article contains both and is not title correctly. Plus, on the author page, the link is for "Shadowlands (1989)" under Stage plays but brings you to the TV movie article. It's either a television film or a stage play. It cannot be both. Maineartists (talk) 02:43, 29 March 2020 (UTC)