Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden
4 Extra Debut. Spoilt Mary Lennox is sent to a manor house in Yorkshire with dark stairs - and secrets. Stars Helen Worth and Violet Carson.
Mary Lennox was a selfish, spoilt child, who always had her own way with her ayah and the other Indian servants.
But when cholera strikes, Mary is sent far away to Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire - a large estate by the moors.
Here lies a world of closed doors and secrets - inside the manor and out in the grounds...
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel, first published in 1911
Starring Coronation Street's Helen Worth and Violet Carson.
Dramatised by John Richmond
Mary Lennox .... Helen Worth
Mrs Medlock .... Violet Carson
Mrs Lennox, Mary's mother .... Merle Kessler
Lieutenant Charlesworth .... Mark Sheridan
Mrs Crawford, wife of the English Minister .... Rosalie Williams
Mrs Pelly .... Marah Stohl
Martha .... Susan Moverley
Ben Weatherstaff .... Tom Harrison
The Robin .... Percy Edwards
Dickon .... Richard Tolan
Mr Archibald Craven, Mary's Uncle .... Ronald Herdman
Colin, his son .... Timothy Woolgar
The Nurse .... Mary Kilduff
The Doctor .... Ronald Harvi
Indian servant/Sitar player .... Suraj Mian
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in December 1975.
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