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Jean Webster and Daddy Long Legs

“Aside from her interest in writing, Webster held passionate views about what she believed to be necessary reforms in the country’s prison and orphanage systems (her feelings about the orphanage situation in the United States at the time are made apparent by Daddy Long Legsheroine Jerusha’s attitudes toward her situation growing up in an orphanage).”

Daddy Long Legs Adapted

“The story of Daddy Long Legs became the basis of a musical vehicle for Shirley Temple in the enormously popular Curly Top (the film was one of the top box office draws of the year). The score featured the now-classic tune “Animal Crackers in My Soup.”

Meet John Caird

“While at the RSC, Mr. Caird also served as Co-Director with Trevor Nunn on The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicholas Nickleby, Peter Pan (in the first production to ever star a male actor in the titular role), and Les Misérables, the 1985 production that transferred to the Palace Theatre in the West End and then the Queen’s Theatre (where it continues to run) along with the 1987 Broadway production.”