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Thursday, February 2, 2023

The Man Born to be King book coverThe Man Born to Be King Lecture & Book Signing with Kathryn Wehr

The Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College presented: The Man Born to Be King Lecture & Book Signing with Kathryn Wehr Featuring Live Dramatic Readings by Mark Lewis and Andy Mangin on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023.

Following the lecture about the controversial BBC Radio Plays written by Dorothy L. Sayers, audiences delighted in dramatic readings from Sayers’s scripts of the Man Born to Be King, featuring Mark Lewis and Andy Mangin from the Wheaton College Theater program. A book signing with the speaker followed the event.

Copies of the book are available for purchase at the Wade Center.

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About the Book: “From December 1941 until October 1942, the BBC broadcast a series of twelve radio dramas written by Dorothy L. Sayers, presenting numerous episodes in the life and ministry of Jesus.

In this new critical and annotated edition, scholar Kathryn Wehr brings fresh insights to the plays, their background, Sayers's creative process, and the ongoing significance of the life of Christ today. Come hear the story of the man who was born to be—and still is—king.” (InterVarsity Press)

About the Author: Kathryn Wehr (PhD, University of St Andrews) is a creative artist and scholar. Her written work has appeared in several journals and publications, including Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and CultureVII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade CenterThe Journal of Inklings Studies, and Transpositions: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts. She is also the managing editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.

Kathryn Wehr

 

This event was Sponsored by the Marion E. Wade Center’s Muriel Fuller Endowment for the Imagination and the Arts.