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Ian McKellen

Page published on 2nd Nov 2008, in the category
His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass › Cast

Ian McKellen Biography Sir Ian McKellen is an award winning English actor in both theatre and film. His work in acting expands from Shakespearian dramas…

Freddie Highmore

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Freddie Highmore Biography Freddie Highmore (born Alfred Thomas Highmore, February 14, 1992 in London, England) began acting in small TV roles at the…

Eva Green

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His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass › Cast

Eva Green Biography Eva Gaelle Green is a BAFTA award-winning French actress. Born in Paris, France in 1980 to a French actress Marlene Jobert and a Swedish…

Daniel Craig

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Daniel Craig Biography Daniel Craig (born Daniel Wroughton Craig on March 22 1968 in Cheshire, England to a steel worker and merchant sea-man and an art…

Dakota Blue Richards

Page published on 2nd Nov 2008, in the category
His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass › Cast

Dakota Blue Richards Biography Chosen from 10,000 hopefuls, this English actress has landed the role of Lyra Belacqua. Born in 1994, Dakota is a native…

Clare Higgins

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His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass › Cast

Clare Higgins Biography Clare Higgins (born 1956 in Leeds, England), an award winning, highly accomplished theatre actress. Clare graduated from the London…

Cast List

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Navigation Cast Crew Images Videogame Merchandising Main cast Kathy Bates - Hester (voice) Biography | IMDb Jim Carter - Lord Faa Biography | IMDb Tom…

Ben Walker

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His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass › Cast

Ben Walker Biography Young English actor, Ben Walker is acting in his first feature film. His only major acting credit to date has been a small role in…

Pronunciation

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His Dark Materials Books

Navigation FAQ Pronunciation Pronunciation Following are pronunciation samples of some names and things that appear in His Dark Materials. Notice: the…

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Page published on 2nd Nov 2008, in the category
His Dark Materials Books

There are as many worlds as there are possibilities. I toss a coin. It comes down heads. But in another world, it comes down tails. Every time that a…

Press Release

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His Dark Materials Books › Once Upon A Time In The North

News Release For immediate release on Friday 21st September 2007. David Fickling Books to Publish New Philip Pullman Story. David Fickling Books is delighted…

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His Dark Materials Books › Once Upon A Time In The North

Rumours

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His Dark Materials Books › The Book of Dust

Navigation Home Facts Rumours Rumours The Book of Dust will continue the story of Will and Lyra. No, Pullman has said the Book of Dust will not be a continuation…

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His Dark Materials Books › The Book of Dust

Navigation Home Facts Rumours The Progress of The Book of Dust So Far The Book of Dust is intended to be a companion to the His Dark Materials trilogy.…

Facts

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His Dark Materials Books › The Book of Dust

Navigation Home Facts Rumours Basic Facts About The Book of Dust The Book of Dust will be a companion novel to His Dark Materials. Philip Pullman is actively…

Summary

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His Dark Materials Books › Lyra's Oxford

Navigation Home Summary Praise Reviews Summary: Lyra's Oxford Lyra’s Oxford is a small companion novel to the His Dark Materials trilogy. Set two years…

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Navigation Home Summary Praise Reviews Lyra's Oxford On Friday April 4th, 2003, many His Dark Materials fans around the world... well at least those who…

Quotations: TAS

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His Dark Materials Books › The Amber Spyglass

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Chapter Headings Quotations: The Amber Spyglass A listing of popular quotations from The Amber Spyglass, written…

Praise

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Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Chapter Headings Awards Winner of the Whitbread Award Winner of the British Book Award An ALA Notable Book Winner…

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His Dark Materials Books › The Amber Spyglass

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Chapter Headings The Amber Spyglass The third and final book in the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy At the end of…

Chapter Headings

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His Dark Materials Books › The Amber Spyglass

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Chapter Headings Chapter Headings in The Amber Spyglass These are the Chapter Headings found in some editions…

The Liber Angelorum

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His Dark Materials Books › The Subtle Knife

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise The Liber Angelorum The Liber Angelorum This book contained all the knowledge the philosophers of the Torre…

Summary

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Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise The Liber Angelorum Summary: The Subtle Knife In The Subtle Knife, readers are introduced to William Parry,…

Quotations: TSK

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Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise The Liber Angelorum Quotations: The Subtle Knife A listing of popular quotations from The Subtle Knife, written…

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Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise The Liber Angelorum Awards Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Book Award An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults…

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His Dark Materials Books › The Subtle Knife

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise The Liber Angelorum The Subtle Knife The second book in the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy Having slipped through…

Summary

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Different Titles Summary: The Golden Compass/Northern Lights In The Golden Compass (U.K. title Northern Lights)…

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Different Titles Quotations: The Golden Compass/Northern Lights A listing of popular quotations from The Golden…

Praise

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Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Different Titles Awards Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Children's fiction in the UK in 1995 Winner of the…

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights

Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Different Titles The Golden Compass/Northern Lights The first book in the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy When Lyra's…

Different Titles

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Navigation Home Summary Quotations Praise Different Titles Different titles In the United Kingdom the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy is…

What is the Alethiometer?

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights › The Alethiometer

In the beginning of The Golden Compass / Northern Lights, Lyra receives an "alethiometer," or "golden compass". Now this alethiometer isn't really a compass.…

The History of the Alethiometer

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights › The Alethiometer

The first alethiometer was constructed in Prague during the reign of Rudolf II by a scholar named Pavel Khunrath. He was trying to record the influences…

The Alethiometer Symbols

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights › The Alethiometer

Listed below are all the Alethiometer's 36 symbols together with their primary, secondary, and tertiary meanings. Creating this page took a lot of time,…

How to Read the Alethiometer

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His Dark Materials Books › The Golden Compass/Northern Lights › The Alethiometer

All of the Alethiometer's 36 symbols have a range of meanings. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Symbol Meanings Hourglass - Time, Death, change Sun - Day,…

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His Dark Materials Adaptations › Audiobooks

The audiobooks are produced by The Story Circle for Random House and Chivers Audio Books. His Dark Materials written and narrated by Philip Pullman (cast…

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His Dark Materials Adaptations › BBC 4 Radio Drama

Adapted by Lavinia Murray Directed by David Hunter Music composed by Billy Cowie In January 2003 BBC 4 broadcasted three 150 minute radio adaptations…

Facts

Page published on 27th May 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass

Rights New Line Cinema, the producers of The Lord of The Rings, owns the movie rights for His Dark Materials, and is producing the films. Release The…

Casting - Lyra

Page published on 16th Apr 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Movies › The Golden Compass

Auditions for the role of Lyra are now closed. Please read the official press release for all the details. We've selected the most vital information for…

Wu Wei's Review

Page published on 16th Apr 2007, in the category
Philip Pullman › Books About Philip Pullman › Philip Pullman, Master Storyteller

Being as we are only a little over five years removed from the original publication of The Ambers Spyglass, the closure to the His Dark Materials trilogy,…

Fan Reviews

Page published on 14th Mar 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2003)

Lucy Arditti I think the play of His Dark Materials is the best play I have ever seen. The adaptation is amazing because although they missed out some…

Address

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Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman, C/O Scholastic Children's Books, Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1NU United Kingdom Philip Pullman C/O David Fickling…

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Page published on 1st Mar 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › Playbox Theatre, Warwick

Regional Premiere of Philip Pullman’s award-winning His Dark Materials at Warwick next month Ground breaking epic adventure – a total theatre…

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Press Release

Page published on 15th Feb 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2003)

Previews from 20 November (Part I) & 30 November (Part II), press performance 8 December, playing until 2 April 2005. Nicholas Hytner’s production…

Lord Asriel's Review

Page published on 15th Feb 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2003)

Based on the novels by Philip Pullman Adapted by Nicholas Wright 20/12/03 Before the Play: My Opinion On the 12th of September I received the press release…

Lord Asriel's Review

Page published on 15th Feb 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2004)

Based on the novels by Philip Pullman Adapted by Nicholas Wright 08/12/04 I’ll keep this review short, as I already wrote a full-length review about…

Press Release

Page published on 15th Feb 2007, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2004)

Nicholas Hytner directs the world premiere of His Dark Materials, based on the novels by Philip Pullman, adapted by Nicholas Wright into two plays. They…

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Page published on 5th Feb 2007, in the category
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Press Release

Page published on 27th Nov 2006, in the category
Philip Pullman › Books About Philip Pullman › Philip Pullman, Master Storyteller

Philip Pullman, Master Storyteller A GUIDE TO THE WORLDS OF HIS DARK MATERIALS Claire Squires December 2006 Paperback: 0 8264 1716 7 •- £7.99…

Phit's Review

Page published on 8th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Books › Lyra's Oxford › Reviews

Lyra's Oxford is a simple little book with an equally simple plot. Lyra's Oxford is a stand-alone story with only 49 pages. Many embellishments have been…

Lord Asriel's Review

Page published on 8th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Books › Lyra's Oxford › Reviews

Finally. After two weeks of waiting I finally received it. A cute little red book, featuring a nice cover image. Lyra's Oxford. The lone story, a outcast…

Press Release

Page published on 8th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Books › Lyra's Oxford

David Fickling Books to Publish New Philip Pullman Story Lyra’s Oxford – a beguiling and intriguing new episode from Philip Pullman’s…

His Dark Materials Stageplay Script

Page published on 8th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › Stage Adaptation Books

by Nicholas Wright Published by Nick Hern Books ISBN: 185459768X Paperback: 192 pages Dramatized in two parts from the best-selling trilogy by Philip…

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His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2003)

based on the novels by Philip Pullman adapted by Nicholas Wright At the Royal National Theatre in London. Click here for the Press Release. Click here…

UK Press Reviews

Page published on 8th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Adaptations › Stage Adaptations › National Theatre, London (December 2003)

Based on the novels by Philip Pullman Adapted by Nicholas Wright 20/12/03 The Times I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though…

Philip Pullman

Page published on 7th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Movies

In a Q&A session given by Pullman to the Balliol College English society on 6th November 2002, Pullman clearly states his view on the movies. Q: I hear…

Praise

Page published on 7th Oct 2006, in the category
His Dark Materials Books

"Philip Pullman. Is he the best story-teller ever?" - Banner head-line, The Observer, November 2000 "... an important contemporary novelist..." "...writes…