The Secret Garden
by Jim Crabtree
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Synopsis
Cast: 3m., 3w.
(1 boy, 1 girl, 3 puppet characters.) This Secret Garden, the original British musical stage adaptation of the famous story, focuses especially on the children's characters and Mary's friendship with the maid Martha and the gardener Ben.
It includes several of Frances Hodgson Burnett's delightful animal characters conceived as puppets.
The American premiere at Tennessee's Cumberland County Playhouse brought raves from the audiences and critics alike.
This exceptional family audience musical can be staged on a grand scale or very simply, on a bare stage with props to suggest various locations including an Episcopal funeral in India; a sailing ship at sea; a resort in Italy; Mary's room at Misselthwaite; and, of course, inside the Secret Garden.
Approximate Running Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes.
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The Secret Garden is a play written by Jim Crabtree and published by Dramatic Publishing (1997).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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Dramatic Publishing · 1997 · 105 pp
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