Frances Hodgson Burnett.
(All four are women who have written novels on which a well-known Broadway
musical was based: respectively, _Gentlemen Prefer Blonds_, _Anna and the
King of Siam_ [which became _The King and I], _Show Boat_, and _The Secret
Garden_.)
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
Booked and recorded.
We had Maria Von Trapp (Novel and subsequent Broadway hit, "The Sound of
Music"). But Frances Hodgson Burnett is a winner also. Well done, Aaron.
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Big quibble: since when is the Secret Garden a *well known* Broadway musical?
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Laura, still complaining...
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> "Garry J. Vass" wrote:
>
>> Aaron J Dinkin <din...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote in message
>> news:8m9sfo$b1$1...@news.fas.harvard.edu...
>>
>> > : Add another name to this list such that it is consistent and
>> > : meaningful: Anita Loos, Margaret Langdon, Edna Ferber, and ?
>> >
>> > Frances Hodgson Burnett.
>> >
>> > (All four are women who have written novels on which a well-known Broadway
>> > musical was based: respectively, _Gentlemen Prefer Blonds_, _Anna and the
>> > King of Siam_ [which became _The King and I], _Show Boat_, and _The Secret
>> > Garden_.)
>>
>> Booked and recorded.
>>
>> We had Maria Von Trapp (Novel and subsequent Broadway hit, "The Sound of
>> Music"). But Frances Hodgson Burnett is a winner also. Well done, Aaron.
>
> Big quibble: since when is the Secret Garden a *well known* Broadway musical?
Ah, I thought of this objection, so I prepared alternative answers just in
case:
Baroness Orczy, for _The Scarlet Pimpernel_
C. Y. Lee, for _Flower Drum Song_
I didn't think of _The Sound of Music_, I'm ashamed to say. But I'm not
the best judge of the well-knownness of Broadway musicals; _The Secret
Garden_ is better known to me than _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_, at any
rate.
Really? Only a rather particular sort of gentleman....
Katy
Sorry, there was a typo on the page I found this information on. _Blondes_
it is.
For the first Totally Correct answer to this question, Aaron J Dinkin
has been awarded one Touabire. Congratulations!
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