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- The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for 709 performances. The story is set in the early years of the 20th century. Mary Lennox, an English girl born and raised in the British Raj, is orphaned by a cholera outbreak when she is ten years old. She is sent away from India to the moors of Yorkshire, England, to live in the manor of a brooding uncle she has never met. There, her personality blossoms among the other residents of the manor as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden. (en)
- The Secret Garden è un musical con libretto di Marsha Norman e colonna sonora di Lucy Simon, basato sull'omonimo romanzo di Frances Hodgson Burnett. Il musical debuttò al Wells Theatre di Norfolk il 28 novembre 1989 e nel 1991 a Broadway, dove rimase in scena per 709 repliche e fu candidato al Tony Award al miglior musical; la prima londinese del musical, andata in scena nel 2001, fu prodotta dalla Royal Shakespeare Company. (it)
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