Lord Asriel's war room
The Chevalier Tialys and Lady Salmakia report from the site of the recent battle. There have been heavy losses and the church’s troops fought with almost suicidal determination. T...
Synopsis - Part Two Act Two
The shattered knife
Lyra and Will inspect the shattered knife. Lyra says she thinks Iorek could fix it as he is a master of metalwork. Then Chevalier Tialys and Lady Salmakia appear before Lyra and Wil...
Lord Asriel's fortress
Chevalier Tialys and Lady Salmakia send Lord Asriel a message. It seems they know more than Lyra and Will thought. They tell Lord Asriel that Iorek is mending the knife and that the...
Goodbye to Iorek
Iorek is mending the knife. To do this he needs Will to concentrate and focus his mind, as only this process can truly weld the pieces back together. Iorek asks Will what he plans t...
Mrs Coulter is interrogated
Mrs Coulter has arrived at The Consistorial Court of Discipline. She has been greeted with suspicion and placed in a cell. She’s about to undress when she sees Lord Roke. He tell...
The waiting area of the land of the dead
Lyra, Will and Pantalaimon arrive. An official – Mr. Perkins – is at a desk. He prepares papers for them. He observes that they are still alive. He points them in the direction ...
On the shores of the land of the dead
Lyra’s death leaves her at the shore. A boat is heard swishing towards the shore. Pantalaimon is distressed and begs Lyra to turn back. A boatman appears and tells Lyra that she c...
Brother Jasper reveals some truths to Mrs Coulter
Brother Jasper comes to see Mrs Coulter in her cell. He asks Mrs Coulter who Roger is and she explains he was Lyra’s friend from Oxford. She also tells Brother Jasper that Roger i...
Back in the land of the dead
The boat carrying Will and Lyra pulls up at a jetty and they climb out; the Gallivespians hover nearby. Harsh bird-like cries are heard. The boatman rows away. They both comment on ...
The harpies relent
Will is trying to cut a new window. There is an awful grating sound. His father, Jopari, appears and tells him to stop as it will make the knife shatter again. They find Lyra. She a...
The clouded mountain
In Mrs Coulter’s empty cell the president paces the floor. The clerics have some urgent news for him. The clouded mountain, where the Authority resides has appeared in the sky and...
The Abyss
No-Name guides them to The Abyss. Jopari explains that The Abyss was created when The Authority defeated the original Angel rebellion; he cast the angel leader into it to fall for a...
Preparing for battle
At Lord Asriel’s fortress, the troops are preparing for battle as the Clouded Mountain moves closer towards them. Mrs Coulter arrives. She tells Lord Asriel Lyra’s secret name. ...
The mouth of the land of the dead
Lyra thanks No-Name for leading them to the mouth. Lyra gives No-Name a proper name of ‘Gracious Wings’. Roger is the first ghost to leave the land of the dead. He says that he ...
The battlefield
We see Iorek and Brother Jasper fighting. Brother Jasper fires his gun and injures Iorek. Brother Jasper runs off into the battle. Iorek warns the children about Brother Jasper and ...
An unknown world
Lyra and Will embrace each other. They tell each other that they love each other. They fall asleep in each others arms. In the morning we realise that Pantalaimon has returned and t...
The final goodbye
Lyra and Will make a pledge that even though they can’t be together in the flesh they will come to the botanical gardens once a year at Midsummer’s night to be in the same place...