The Chalk Garden

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The Chalk Garden is a 1955 stage play by Enid Bagnold, best known as a witty, psychologically nuanced drama about a mysterious governess who transforms a troubled household.

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The Chalk Garden canonical 6
The Chalk Garden (1964 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama
stage play
adaptedTo film
author Enid Bagnold
BroadwayOpeningYear 1956
BroadwayProducer Theatre Guild
BroadwayStar Gladys Cooper
Siobhán McKenna
BroadwayTheatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
filmAdaptationDirector Ronald Neame
filmAdaptationStar Deborah Kerr
Edith Evans
Hayley Mills
filmAdaptationYear 1964
firstPerformanceCity London
linked to: London, England
firstPerformanceDate 1955
firstPerformanceLocation Theatre Royal, Haymarket
genre comedy-drama
drama
psychological drama
hasAdaptation The Chalk Garden (1964 film)
linked to: The Chalk Garden
hasSetting English country house
Sussex
hasTheme class and social status
emotional repression
moral responsibility
nature versus nurture
redemption
secrets and revelation
notableCharacter Laurel
Maitland
Miss Madrigal
Mrs St Maugham
notableRevival 1956 Broadway production
originalLanguage English
period mid-20th-century British theatre
producedBy Binkie Beaumont
style psychological nuance
witty dialogue
subjectMatter coming of age
family relationships
gardening
governess
psychological transformation
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century
writer Enid Bagnold

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Enid Bagnold notableWork The Chalk Garden
Enid Bagnold work The Chalk Garden
Edith Evans notableWork The Chalk Garden
Elizabeth Sellars notableWork The Chalk Garden
Elizabeth Sellars performedIn The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden hasAdaptation The Chalk Garden (1964 film)
linked to: The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden (Broadway production) title The Chalk Garden