Wilkie Collins' haunting Victorian thriller becomes a musical
Adapting a well-loved book for television or stage is always a risky venture. Turning one into a musical is even more fraught. Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest production is based on the The Woman in White , the Victorian novel by Wilkie Collins.
Sonia Friedman, producer of the new musical discusses withÌýMartha how the classic thriller has been adapted for the modern stage.Ìý Catherine Peters, author of a ÌýWilkie Collins' biography, The King of InventorsÌý and novelist, A L Kennedy joinÌýMartha andÌýSoniaÌýto explore how the author used his novels to highlight the problems of women in Victorian society.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins is available in paperbackÌýfrom most bookshops
The King of Inventors: Life of Wilkie CollinsÌýby Catherine Peters is published by Secker & Warburg, ISBN 0436367122
The new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, The Woman in White, is at the Palace Theatre in LondonÌýfromÌý15 September
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