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Critical Commentary on Local Theater

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19940812
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Don't Miss "Secret Garden." Director Victoria Bussert and scenic designer Michael Smith successfully recreate the magic and spookiness of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 children's classic on the stage of Truman College's O'Rourke Center for the Performing Arts. Set in 1906, it tells about a young orphan, Mary Lennox, who comes from India to live with her morose uncle, Archibald Craven, in a Yorkshire estate full of secrets. With the help of some hearty locals, she learns the secret of a garden left behind by Craven's beloved wife, Lily. The fluidity of the scene changes creates the ...

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