<P> In the 1999 unabridged audio production, Lyra was performed by the voice - over actress Jo Wyatt (as Joanna Wyatt). </P> <P> In a 2003 BBC radio adaptation, Lyra was voiced by child actress Lulu Popplewell . </P> <P> The National Theatre in London staged a two - part, six - hour - long adaptation of the novels . The production ran in 2003 and 2004; Lyra was played by Anna Maxwell Martin in the first run and by Elaine Symons in the second . </P> <P> In The Golden Compass, the film adaptation of the first book, Lyra is portrayed by twelve - year - old Dakota Blue Richards . British singer / songwriter Kate Bush wrote and recorded a song, "Lyra", for the film which features choristers from Magdalen College School in Oxford . </P>

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