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How the man behind Harry Potter transformed classic The Secret Garden – Sydney Morning Herald
When writer Jack Thorne was charged with updating Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 classic, he was struck by how brave a piece of fiction it was.
Those cold moorland winds prove bracingly restorative. Left to her own devices, Mary roams the grounds and discovers the walled-up garden of the title. Most of the house is forbidden to her, but hearing odd noises prompts her to explore anyway. It is thus that she discovers Colin, her invalid cousin (Edan Hayhurst), who is confined to a bedroom and is supposed to be dying. She cajoles him into going outside with her and, with the help of a rustic lad called Dickon (Amir Wilson) she has befriende…
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