The Secret Garden: Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman - Softcover

Lucy Simon; Marsha Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573693617 ISBN 13: 9780573693618

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Full Length, Musical / 12m, 10f, 1 girl (doubling possible) / Ints., exts. 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 invalid 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. Winner of 3 Tony Awards. "Elegant, entrancing...The best American musical of the Broadway season." - Time "A splendid, intelligent musical...It's all you can hope for in children's theatre. But the best surprise is that this show is the most adult new musical of the season." - USA Today

About this title

From the Publisher:

A Bit of Earth * Clusters of Crocus / Come to My Garden * The Girl I Mean to Be * Hold On * How Could I Ever Know? * If I Had a Fine White Horse * Lily's Eyes * Race You to the Top of the Morning * Round-Shouldered Man * Where in the World * Wick * Winter's on the Wing.

From the Back Cover:

For her first venture into music-theatre, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman, in collaboration with composer Lucy Simon, achieved Broadway success with the moving book and lyrics she adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved 1911 novel, The Secret Garden. The story of 10-year-old orphan Mary Lennox and her search for friendship, love and an understanding of the past in her lonely uncle-guardian's locked garden has often been dramatized for the stage, the screen, radio and television, but never before has it been so fully and imaginatively realized. Using the classic form of the traditional American musical, Norman has fashioned a faithful rendition of her source which is equally appealing to children and adults, to devotees of the novel and to Secret Garden newcomers as well.

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0573693617
• ISBN 13: 9780573693618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88