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It's about time for us to get to another episode that's been on our to-do list since the show first started, so in Episode 120 of Adapt or Perish we're looking at the children's classic The Secret Garden!

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1911 novel
  • The 1949 theatrical movie, directed by Fred M. Wilcox, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Margaret O'Brien, Brian Roper, Dean Stockwell, Elsa Lanchester, and Reginald Owen
  • The 1975 series, written and directed by Dorothea Brooking, starring Sarah Hollis Andrews, Andrew Harrison, David Patterson, and John Woodnutt
  • The 1987 TV movie, directed by Alan Grint, written by Blanche Hanalis, and starring Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Hordern, Pat Heywood, and Derek Jacobi
  • The 1991 musical, music by Lucy Simon, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman
  • The 1991–1992 anime series, directed by Tameo Kohanawa, and written by Kaoru Umeno
  • The 1993 theatrical movie, directed by Agnieszka Holland, written by Caroline Thompson, and starring Kate Maberly, Andrew Knott, Heydon Prowse, Laura Crossley, John Lynch, and Maggie Smith
  • The 1994 animated special, directed by Dave Edwards, written by Libby Hinson, and starring Honor Blackman, Derek Jacobi, and Glynis Johns
  • The 2020 theatrical movie, directed by Marc Munden, written by Jack Thorne, and starring Dixie Egerickx, Amir Wilson, Edan Hayhurst, Colin Firth, Isis Davis, and Julie Walters

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89. A Little Princess

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There's a new girl at Miss Minchin's! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're talking about the children's classic A Little Princess!

In this episode we discuss:

  • Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1905 novel
  • A Little Princess (1917), directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion, and starring Mary Pickford, Katherine Griffith, and ZaSu Pitts
  • The Little Princess (1939), directed by Walter Lang, written by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris, and starring Shirley Temple, Ian Hunter, Arthur Treacher, and Cesar Romero
  • Princess Sarah (1985), directed by Fumio Kurokawa, and written by Hidemi Kamata, Keiko Mukuroji, and Ryūzō Nakanishi
  • A Little Princess (1986), directed by Carol Wiseman, written by Jeremy Burnham, and starring Amelia Shankley, Maureen Lipman, Miriam Margolyes, and Nigel Havers
  • A Little Princess (1995), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, written by Richard LaGravenese, and starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, and Liam Cunningham

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