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lemaldusiecle · 1 year

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Actors from The Secret Garden : 1993 vs 2023.

#the secret garden #agnieszka holland #1993 #mary lennox #kate maberly #lord craven #john lynch #dickon sowerby #colin craven

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pureanonofficial · 1 year

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The cast of "The Secret Garden" in the revival production at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, February 19 through March 26, 2023. Photos feature Sierra Boggess, Derrick Davis, Aaron Lazar, Emily Jewel Hoder, Reese Levine, Julia Lester, and John-Michael Lyles.

#GO SEE THIS GO SEE THIS FOR ME I WANT TO SEE IT COME BACK TO BROADWAY PLEASEEE #The Secret Garden #The Secret Garden musical #musical theater #Sierra Boggess #Derrick Davis #Aaron Lazar #Emily Jewel Hoder #Reese Levine #Julia Lester #John-Michael Lyles #Mary Lennox #Lily Craven #Archibald Craven #Neville Craven #Colin Craven #Martha Sowerby #Dickon Sowerby

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generouslybeautifulbouquet · 2 years

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Mary Lennox & Colin Craven

Kate Maberly & Heydon Prowse in “The Secret Garden” (1993) | Dir. Agnieszka Holland 🦢

#mary lennox #colin craven #Kate maberly #heydon prwose #the secret garden #90s movies #beauty #agnieszka #90s aesthetic #oldies #nature #Andrew knott

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tarantula-hawk-wasp · 1 year

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Realized I never posted the bunch of pencil sketches I did of the Secret Garden (1993). That’s always been one of my favorite books and I quite enjoyed that movie adaptation.

World’s surliest little girl, her sickly Victorian waif of a cousin, and their animal whisperer best friend. Truly a trio of all time

#the secret garden #the secret garden 1993 #mary lennox #colin craven #archibald craven #dickon sowerby #my art #particularly proud of the one of Mary with her uncle #which was also a touching scene #I meant to do a digital version of these and never got around to it

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byfightingwiththewind · 2 years

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the secret garden: dickon sowerby throughout different adaptations

given how many different adaptations of the secret garden there are, it is inevitable that some of them would use the same ideas. @isfjmel-phleg did a great post on the integration of mary’s mother and colin’s mother being twin sisters that has been used throughout different versions of the story, starting with the 1991 broadway musical. however, there is one popular change that particularly irks me, and that is what i like to call the “left-out dickon trope.”

so just what, exactly, is this trope? it’s simple: dickon sowerby is used as a plot device to “fix” colin and mary, restoring them to their childlike glory, and is cast away at the end of the story. in most adaptations that use this trope, dickon is painted in an almost otherworldly way, as an omniscient character who can sense when it is time for him to leave. he is not a cheerful, childlike boy full of life as he is in the original text; rather, he is dark, mysterious and ethereal.

the trope, as far as i can tell, started in the 1987 hallmark film. it is also present in the 1993 warner brothers film, and after that, the 1994 animated film. however, it is most prevalent in the 1987 film, where dickon is played by barret oliver (“the neverending story”).

oliver plays dickon in a cocky, overly confident way. he is much older in appearance than mary and colin (although colin, played by the two-years-younger jadrien steele, is significantly taller) and acts like he knows more than they do about…everything. near the end of the film, mary and colin are fretting about how they will eventually be sent to boarding schools, and dickon makes an off-handed remark about how they will “be parted” (“we’ll be parted, you and me. but remembrance will keep us friends.”). after this, he leaves the garden—right before archibald walks in to witness colin walking for the first time, the emotional climax of the film. in the final scene of the movie, an older mary returns to the garden and talks with ben weatherstaff. they discuss a letter sent that details dickon’s death in a field during the war, and mary says that dickon always knew he would die surrounded by growing things.

throughout the 1987 movie, there is a black cat, specifically in the scenes featuring future mary. this cat seems to represent dickon, as he is not there in the final scene; perhaps it is supposed to represent his spirit or something otherwise. it paints him as something different than the cousins—someone magical and immortal, which he is not and should not be. this, combined with his arrogant superiority complex, is extremely frustrating and not accurate to the book at all.

in the 1993 movie, dickon carries a bit of this arrogance. he’s a bit of a showoff in my opinion (that scene where he eats the grub, for example). the trait is handled better than in the ’87 version, though, because it can really be passed off as him being older than the cousins and them being slightly in awe of him. however, also like the ’87 film, dickon is completely excluded at the end. he’s set up to be mary’s best friend (or maybe more), but in the end, he is not included in the family’s reunion scene, looking on as a bystander. dickon is constantly seen with a white horse (oh, hello, 1991 musical fans—he actually does have a fine white horse. or pony? you know i think it’s actually a pony. i’m not one to trust on my equine knowledge), and with this steed, he rides away after bringing mary and colin to archibald—it’s almost like he was strictly there for plot convenience the whole time. i really like andrew knott’s dickon, more than many other versions, so it’s very disappointing when he doesn’t make the found family at the end. the 1994 animated adaptation follows this example—there’s a scene at the end where colin asks his father something along the lines of are they a “real family” now, and archibald responds “yes. you, me and mary,” while dickon and martha are never spoken of again).

obviously the 1993 film is the most popular and universally beloved adaptation, and it’s beautifully made. i think that it deserves the spotlight it gets, although i personally am a sucker for the 1949 film (hm. perhaps it’s because dickon isn’t left out or changed to be an ethereal character unlike his book counterpart?!). but the 1993 film tends to focus more on aesthetics and visuals rather than actual character development. for example, colin has his puppet theater, which is adorable, and a beautiful prop, but it doesn’t add much to his character. its existence means he’s more imaginative, right? couldn’t there have been a scene in which he plays with it by himself, showing his neglect and ability to fend for himself mentally as he has no one to do that for him? but there isn’t (although the clip of heydon and kate goofing around with the theater is sweet too). another example is dickon’s exclusion: the overhead shot of him riding away on that white pony going “my work here is done” is much more “cinematically beautiful” than him being a part of the group hug at the end.

in the original book, dickon is so lovable and helpful to mary and colin only BECAUSE he’s so down-to-earth and realistic. mary and colin are almost like caricatures of children in the beginning of the story: old-fashioned, idealistic, and not relatable. they don’t know what a real, “normal” childhood is like until dickon, a real boy with rosy cheeks and life inside comes to meet them. but dickon does not bring mary and colin back to life; he’s just one example to them of the life that they could be living when they begin to heal and grow. he’s not this magical, all-knowing, omniscient being with a superiority complex, and his character doesn’t need to rely on “fixing” mary and colin for plot convenience. they need to grow and learn by themselves, and dickon’s whole character should not be thrown away for the cousins’ sake.

#sorry if this is poorly edited and apologies for any mistakes!#i just wanted to rant about this because it's always annoyed me #dickon sowerby #colin craven #mary lennox #analysis #the secret garden #the secret garden 1987 #the secret garden 1993 #tsg #frances hodgson burnett

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daveys-sister · 6 months

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Me watching the secret garden (2020): How is this bitch not dead? The house is on FIRE. This bitch is burning.

#the secret garden #secret garden #mary lennox #secret garden 2020 #Colin craven #archibald craven

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fandomsbyladymelodrama · 11 months

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I've been writing a sequel to The Secret Garden in my head since I was about ten years old. This is the first chapter <3

#the secret garden #mary x dickon #mary lennox #dickon sowerby #colin craven #archibald craven #my first ship #my last ship #sequel fic #the winter garden

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nooowestayandgetcaught · 2 years

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Secrets Are Safe With Me

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~1k, Colin Craven/Dickon Sowerby, T-rating, Post-Canon

Summary: For years, and years, the garden remains open. Colin and Dickon reunite as young men.

#the secret garden #secret garden #colin craven #dickon sowerby #colin x dickon #dickon x colin #the secret garden 1993 #slash fic #mlm fanfic

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marysfoxmask · 1 year

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i had a dream about the secret garden! i remember the garden was very beautiful but also not as vivid and bright as most portrayals. the coloring of the whole dream was sort of unsaturated/a little muted, like the cover of a childhood book i owned called the faerie door, but a tiny bit colder.

i remember a scene where the kids are out in the garden, sitting in a clearing. dickon is talking about the overwhelmed feeling he gets when he’s in church and hears the priest giving a sermon, and that feeling is represented visually by a flashback where dickon is standing in a courtyard and a giant woman, a milkmaid, steps over the church and walks past him with great, booming steps while he watches her in awe.

in another scene, the kids were sharing tea from their respective homes. mary and colin always brought tea from misselthwaite, but this time dickon brought tea from his mother’s cottage. mary and colin are eager to try it, but they don’t like it at all; mary manages to swallow it but colin is openly disgusted, turns his head and spits it out, then says to a faintly bewildered dickon (not wanting to hurt his feelings) that he loved it.

mary learned to help dickon push open a gate whenever they enter misselthwaite, and also learns to carry her own suitcases when she’s sent off to an expensive boarding school housed on a luxurious ship at age 11. she’s still very sheltered and awkward compared to her classmates and gets in trouble when she’s confused by the mandatory exercises done as a bedtime ritual her first night. she misses colin and dickon very much, but the hurt lessens when she makes peace with a snotty girl and befriends another girl with hair like pippi longstocking and a menagerie of exotic birds. by age 13, she’s at home in the seafaring school and exploring foreign places around the world whenever they dock.

it was such a cool dream! very whimsical.

#the secret garden #frances hodgson burnett #mary lennox #colin craven #dickon sowerby

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lemaldusiecle · 6 months

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« Je veux juste que tu saches qui je suis vraiment. Et aussi que je regrette des choses […] Et aussi que je t'aime. »

#the secret garden #John Lynch #agnieszka holland #1993 #Lord Craven #Colin Craven #this scene is heartbreaking

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pureanonofficial · 1 year

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Playbill exclusive photos of The Secret Garden at the Ahmanson Theatre, running February 19 to March 26, 2023. Cast featured in photos include Aaron Lazar, Reese Levine, Sierra Boggess, Emily Jewel Hoder, Derrick Davis, John-Michael Lyles, and Julia Lester.

#The Secret Garden #The Secret Garden musical #musical theater #broadway #Aaron Lazar #Reese Levine #Sierra Boggess #Emily Jewel Hoder #Derrick Davis #John-Michael Lyles #Julia Lester #Neville Craven #Colin Craven #Lily Craven #Mary Lennox #Archibald Craven #Dickon Sowerby #Martha Sowerby

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acacia-may · 1 year

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Secrets and Sugar Mice (A Secret Garden Future Fic): Epilogue

Story Summary: After many bumps in the road, the newly-licensed Dr. Colin Craven is finally fulfilling his long-time goal of running his own cottage hospital in Thwaite thanks to guidance, assistance, and generosity of the most competent doctor he had ever known, the Grand Doctor from London, Dr. Louis Cartwright. Even the generally pessimistic Colin can admit that the future looks bright, but there are still a couple of matters that have thrown a wrench into his plans--a certain medical supply cabinet, in particular, and Dr. Cartwright's daughter, a nurse with whom Colin did not get off on the right foot.

After a particularly frustrating day, Colin turns to his one of his oldest friends for help and advice. Perhaps Dickon is right and all it takes is the magic of friendship to turn this whole situation around...

Fandom: The Secret Garden

Genre: Friendship, Slice of Life, Developing Friendship, Post-Canon, Future Fic

Relationships (in order of appearance/mention): Colin Craven & Dickon Sowerby, Colin Craven & Dickon Sowerby & Mary Lennox, Colin Craven & The Grand Doctor from London, Colin Craven & Original Characters (Julia Cartwright), Colin Craven & Martha Sowerby, and Colin Craven & Mary Lennox (A little bit of Mary & Martha friendship at the end). Colin & Julia (OC) Centric.

Characters (in order of appearance/mention): Colin Craven (POV Character), Dickon Sowerby, Mary Lennox (POV Character), The Grand Doctor from London (Dr. Louis Cartwright), Dr. Cartwright's Daughter, Julia (OC) (POV Character), Martha Sowerby, and Mrs. Susan Sowerby

Rating: G

Warnings: Colin being Colin (I guess?) but honestly this is just friendship fluff and slice of life.

Word Count: 5331 [Out of 11,636 Total]

Link to original post on AO3. Please do not repost to another site.

FINAL CHAPTER: Chapter 4 of 4. Link to previous chapter (Chapter 3).

Story Below the Cut! Thank you so much for reading!

Epilogue: Mary

Later that evening…

Mary pulled her leather driving gloves off of her hands. They were soaked and had done very little to keep her fingers from shriveling in the wet and the cold. She had the terrible habit of forgetting to take them off when she left the automobile, and she hoped they wouldn’t be ruined from her run through the rain into the house. If they were, she could always get Colin to buy her a new pair seeing as it was his fault she was out in the nasty weather anyway.

With a slight shake of her head, she opened the door to her room and found Martha turning down the covers on her bed.

Mary smiled. “You’re back.”

Martha turned to look at her—her eyebrows raising at Mary’s wet clothes. She was unsuccessful in stifling her laugh. “So is tha.”

Mary sighed and shook slightly trying to remove some of the excess water. She would be so glad to be out of these sopping clothes. “Yes,” she huffed with a roll of her eyes. “Well, Colin called for the car, and I needed driving practice so I went out to fetch him.”

“In this weather?” Martha laughed.

Mary rolled her eyes, but her mouth turned up slightly in the corners. “You sound just like Colin.” She paused and squared her shoulders staring straight at Martha before adding pointedly, “I am a good driver. And besides, he should have been grateful I came to get him seeing as he was practically soaked by the time I got there.”

Martha’s laughing eyes narrowed. “Doesn’ he always bring an umbrella with him?”

“Yes, but apparently it didn’t do him much good today. I don’t understand what was so important that he had to go out into this storm in the first place. He said he went for a walk.” Mary huffed. “Hypocrite. The last time I wanted to go out in the rain he lectured me for two hours about how I could get pneumonia or catch my death of cold.”

“Maybe he changed his mind?” Martha suggested in her good-humored way.

“Colin doesn’t change his mind.” Mary shook her head before she added. “He said he ran into you when he was out today. What was he doing?”

Martha shifted a little, but she chuckled. “Buying candy.”

Mary blinked before she muttered under her breath. “Nincompoop.”

“I thought tha’d be happy t’ hear Master Colin had been out an’ about in th’ world.”

“I suppose,” Mary conceded, but she huffed. “Though I don’t understand why he deems it so important to leave his precious hospital for candy when he can never seem to find the time to come home.”

“I’m sure he has his reasons,” replied Martha with a knowing smile and twinkling eyes.

Mary’s eyes narrowed, and she tilted her head discerningly. “You know something.”

Martha shifted uncomfortably and she shook her head with a breathy chuckle. “No, I don’.”

Mary blinked at her. Martha had always been a terrible liar, and if Mary could see through her little fibs when she was ten, she could definitely see through them now. “Martha,” she said pointedly.

Martha looked away from her and sighed. “‘Tis not really my place t’ say, and ‘tis probably nowt anyway.”

Mary took a step towards Martha and asked with a genuine curiosity, “Martha, what is it?”

Martha paused for a moment as if mulling the question over in head, but then the smile she had seemed to be holding back spread between her cheeks, and she said, “Let’s just say, I may have a bit o’ an idea about why Master Colin spends all o’ his time at tha’ hospital…”

#the secret garden #colin craven #dickon sowerby #mary lennox #secret garden #frances hodgson burnett #secret garden fanfiction #part 4 of 4

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thebutcher-5 · 1 year

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Il giardino segreto (2020)

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo deciso di parlare di un’opera italiana abbastanza recente, un’opera horror indipendente che mostra tanti spunti interessanti, Across the River – Oltre il guado. La storia parla di Marco, un etologo naturalista che studia la fauna delle foreste del Friuli. Un giorno, attraverso una telecamera che aveva messo addosso a una volpe,…