Joyce McMillan: Valuing family life is only way to bolster society
Published Date:
11 October 2008
THEY say that PL Travers, the famously spirited author of the Mary Poppins stories, never liked the great 1964 Disney film of her work, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, and, after a visit to Richard Eyre's fabulous West End stage production of the story, now beginning a two-month run at the Edinburgh Playhouse, I'm beginning to understand why.
It's not that I won't always be in love with the movie itself: it's a lovely, seamless, beautifully-crafted celebration of all that's sweet and enjoyable, with its own rollicking rhythm and kindly human values.
The Disney Mary Poppins, though, is ...
The full article contains 985 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
10 October 2008 9:19 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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