Okay, so I went Saturday night to see "The Secret Garden" at the University of Virginia's college at Wise. The plays that are performed are inside their new Gilliam Arts Center, which is really nice for the art and theatre students! This is the third play I have seen up there (20 minutes from my house) including "Dracula" and "He Who Gets Slapped" .... All great ....
But anyway, the play is about an English girl named Mary who lives in India. When her mother and father die in the result of an illness sweeping the country, Mary is taken by train to live in England with the only family she has, her Uncle Archibald. He is her mother's brother-in-law, and quite an odd fellow, constantly seeing visions and illusions of his late wife Lily all throughout his large home, which he claims to Mary is haunted.
While there, Mary hears of how her Aunt Lily died. She was sitting on the branch of a tree in her garden and fell off, which caused her to have her baby. She died in child birth. Because of this, her garden has been closed and become a secret. This is how Mary learns of the secret garden and discovers that she has a cousin named Conlin who has been bedridden his entire life (10 years). He is kept in a private bedroom, far away from any action. However once Mary finds him, she wants to take him to his mother's garden. She finds the garden's buried key and along with the gardener, brings the garden. All this time, Archibald has relocated to Paris -- to cure his insanity no doubt. After Conlin is wheeled out to the garden, he is healed by its magic! Archibald then returns to find his son well.
I really liked the play. It was well acted and the singing was wonderful, meriting much applause.
This was also the first time that I met the guy that I have been dating online, in person! His name is Tim, and along with my best friend, Marilyn, the three of us had an awesome time!
Well, that's all for right now .... I'll talk later .....
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