Where you tend a rose, a thistle cannot grow

A classic of children's literature, Frances Hodgson Burnett's story of hope and rejuvenation comes to the stage in this glorious new production from 42nd Street Moon. Chronicling the story of 11-year-old Mary Lennox an orphan who is sent from India to a grey manor house in Yorkshire, England, where she discovers a secret garden full of enchantment and excitement.

First published in 1911, this Tony-winning adaptation from Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon swept onto the stage in 1991 to much acclaim. Imbuing the story with wistful, lyrical song and dance, Mary's journey is given a fresh and dreamy re-telling.

The story

When Mary's parents die during a cholera outbreak in India 1906, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle she's never met. Spoiled and fearful of the isolated house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds no comfort in her forbidding relative or the bleak landscape that is until she discovers a secret garden and a locked away cousin. With the help of the kindly servants and local boy Dickon, Mary sets out to uncover the garden's mysteries and in the process, finds the key to lifting the spirits and hopes of those around her.

Both beautiful and haunting, The Secret Garden promises to charm the whole family this holiday season.