A challenging yet rewarding production choice for schools, with a heart-warming story
One of the most heart-warming British musicals of recent years’ is how one reviewer described the award-winning Chichester Festival Theatre production of Flowers for Mrs Harris, and it's easy to see why. Based on the 1958 novel Mrs ‘Arris goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, the musical tells the story of a widowed London charwoman who glimpses a magnificent Dior gown in the wardrobe of one of her clients and decides she simply must own one herself. It's a lovely story and well-told through Rachel Wagstaff's book and lyrics; the two are virtually interchangeable, with dialogue flowing into song and back again.
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