Birmingham RepHearty but a little bit stodgy, playwright Garry Lyons and composer Tim Sutton's ambitious musical never quite persuades that this Edwardian tale is in need of 23 songs. With its gothic mansion and dark secret lurking in the east wing à la Jane Eyre, its wild desolate moors like Wuthering Heights, and a miracle scene " crippled boy walks " to rival Heidi, Frances Hodgson Burnett's original novel is q…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29PM on December 1, 2010