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Article: The Secret Garden gives child stars the chance to blossom
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2001
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The Secret Garden Aldwych Theatre m
I suppose many little girls will thank heavens for the chance of
seeing The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett's adored Edwardian
classic for pre-teenagers, transformed into a blooming musical. But I
am not with them.
This 1991 Broadway show by Marsha Mason and Lucy Simon, now
performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, runs roughshod through
The Secret Garden. It strips away the book's sense of mystery and
subtleties . It plants in its place a weeping melodrama that bursts
out in a riot of forgettable tunes, unexceptional songs and dreary
dance routines.
See the romping under-gardeners and troops of chamber,scullery and
housemaids kicking up their ...