"THE SECRET GARDEN", EXPECTED AT THE ALDWYCH 27TH FEBRUARY 2001

"THE SECRET GARDEN", EXPECTED AT THE ALDWYCH 27TH FEBRUARY 2001

This musical, which has Book & Lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy simon, based on the novel by Frances Hodgon Burnett, finishes its run in Stratford-upon-Avon on 27th Jan 2001.

Directed by Adrian Noble, the show has received good reviews from the popular press when when it opened in Stratford. However, it is not known if the original cast, including Philip Quast and Linzi Hateley, will transfer with the show when it moves to the Aldwych Theatre.

SYNOPSIS: In a lonely manor house on the Yorkshire moors, Archibald Craven yearns for his beautiful, late wife, and becomes ever more isolated and remote from his crippled son. But their quiet routine is turned upside down when young Mary Lennox is sent to live with them following the death of her parents in India. She finds a secret walled garden hidden in the grounds and releases the magic and adventure locked inside it, changing their lives forever.