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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden: Spring Version
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Marsha Norman, Lucy Simon
Highlights
75 mins Present Day Expandable Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Tony Award
Winner! Three 1991 Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical Nominee: Seven 1991 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score Winner! Three 1991 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Book and Orchestrations Nominee: Thirteen 1991 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, Music and Lyrics
Synopsis
This 70-minute version of the beloved musical The Secret Garden is as beautiful and spirited as the original in just half the time.
This enchanting classic of children's literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of 'Night Mother .
Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his disabled son Colin.
The estate's many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the "Dreamers," spirits from Mary's past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden 's compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| MARY LENNOX An orphan girl of about 10 |
| COLIN CRAVEN A sickly boy of about 10. Mary and Colin are cousins; their mothers were sisters |
| ALBERT LENNOX (Mary's father) Mary's father |
| ROSE LENNOX Mary’s mother |
| LILY CRAVEN Colin’s mother |
| ARCHIBALD CRAVEN Mary’s uncle, Colin’s father |
| DR. NEVILLE CRAVEN Archibald’s brother |
| MRS. MEDLOCK Archibald’s housekeeper |
| BEN WEATHERSTAFF The head gardener |
| MARTHA A housemaid |
| DICKON Martha’s brother, a magical boy who talks to birds |
| MRS. WINTHROP Headmistress of the Aberdeen School for Girls Two |
| MEN and Two |
| WOMEN Servants, passengers, Indian officers, etc. |
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The Secret Garden, Spring Version
Publication
The Secret Garden: Spring Version is a play written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and published by Concord Theatricals .
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