"Mary Poppins Mary Poppins is a series of eight children's books written by British writer P. L. Travers and published over the period 1934 to 1988. Mary Shepard was the illustrator throughout the series. The books centre on the magical English nanny Mary Poppins, who is blown by the East wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks' household to care for their children. Encounters with pavement-painters and shopkeepers, and various adventures ensue, until Mary Poppins abruptly leaves—i.e., ""pops out"". Only the first three of the eight books feature Mary Poppins arriving and leaving. The later"
"Mary Poppins (film) Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers. The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on P. L. Travers's book series ""Mary Poppins"". The film, which combines live-action and animation, stars Julie Andrews in her feature film debut as Mary Poppins, who visits a dysfunctional family in London and employs her unique brand of lifestyle to improve the family's dynamic. Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, and Glynis Johns are featured in supporting roles. The film"
"in London in November 2011, from the effects of alcoholic excess. Clippings, Photographs, Objects, Drawings, State Library of New South Wales, MLMSS 5341 , MLOH 62 P. L. Travers Pamela Lyndon Travers, (; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996), was an Australian-born British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the ""Mary Poppins"" series of children's books, which feature the magical nanny Mary Poppins. Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Her writing was"
"P. L. Travers Pamela Lyndon Travers, (; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996), was an Australian-born British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the ""Mary Poppins"" series of children's books, which feature the magical nanny Mary Poppins. Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Her writing was first published as a teenager, and she also worked briefly as a professional Shakespearean actress. Upon emigrating to England at the age of 25, she took"
"Mary Shepard Mary Eleanor Jessie Knox née Shepard (25 December 1909 – 4 September 2000) was an English illustrator of children's books. She is best known for the ""Mary Poppins"" stories written by P. L. Travers (1934 to 1988): ""Mary Shepard: Putting Mary Poppins in the picture"", ""The Times"" of London titled an obituary article. She used her married name Mary Knox outside the publishing industry. She was the daughter of E. H. Shepard, a famous illustrator of children's literature including ""Winnie-the-Pooh"" by A. A. Milne in the 1920s and a 1931 edition of ""The Wind in the Willows"" by"
"was shot entirely at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California using painted London background scenes. ""Mary Poppins"" was released on August 27, 1964, to critical acclaim. It received a total of 13 Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture – a record for any other film released by Walt Disney Studios – and won five; Best Actress for Andrews, Best Film Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Song for ""Chim Chim Cher-ee"". In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally,"
"Mary Poppins Opens the Door Mary Poppins Opens the Door is a British children's fantasy novel by the Australian-British writer P.L. Travers, the third book and last novel in the ""Mary Poppins"" series that features the magical English nanny Mary Poppins. It was published in 1943 by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc and illustrated by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims. On Guy Fawkes Night, Mary Poppins arrives in the wake of the last fireworks display by the Banks family. The Banks children Michael, Jane, the twins, and Annabel plead with her to stay. She reluctantly agrees to do so ""till"
"of the stage musical, the Mary Poppins character is more deliberately mysterious than in the movie version. She is slightly stricter with the children (who are also naughtier than their book and movie counterparts) but only because she wants them to become the best they can be. Mary in the stage version is also more aware of Bert's feelings towards her. Mary Poppins first appeared in the short story ""Mary Poppins and the Match Man"" in 1926, and in several early bits and pieces of the first novel. P.L. Travers later changed the story of the character's origins, stating that"
"one of the chalk drawings. Mary Poppins Opens the Door Mary Poppins Opens the Door is a British children's fantasy novel by the Australian-British writer P.L. Travers, the third book and last novel in the ""Mary Poppins"" series that features the magical English nanny Mary Poppins. It was published in 1943 by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc and illustrated by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims. On Guy Fawkes Night, Mary Poppins arrives in the wake of the last fireworks display by the Banks family. The Banks children Michael, Jane, the twins, and Annabel plead with her to stay. She reluctantly"
"Mary Poppins (musical) Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (aka the Sherman Brothers,) with additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a script by Julian Fellowes. The musical is based on the similarly titled Mary Poppins children's books by P. L. Travers and the 1964 Disney film, and is a fusion of various elements from the two. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Walt Disney Theatrical and directed by Richard Eyre with co-direction from Matthew Bourne who also acted as co-choreographer with Stephen Mear, the original"
"Mary Poppins (character) Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers's ""Mary Poppins"" books and all of their adaptations. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the East Wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London, where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons with a magical touch. Travers gives Poppins the accent and vocabulary of a real London nanny: cockney base notes overlaid with a strangled gentility. Julie Andrews, who played the character in the 1964 film adaptation, won the"
"Mary Poppins Returns Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay written by David Magee and a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca. Based on the book series of the same name by P. L. Travers, this sequel to 1964's ""Mary Poppins"" stars Emily Blunt as the eponymous character, with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, and Meryl Streep in supporting roles. Set in 1930s London, three decades after the events of the original film, it sees Mary Poppins, the former"
"Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, ""The Mousetrap"", and, under the pen name Mary Westmacott, six romances. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon."
"the name Pamela Lyndon Travers and adopted the pen name P. L. Travers in 1933, while writing the first of eight ""Mary Poppins"" books. Travers travelled to New York City during World War II while working for the British Ministry of Information. At that time, Walt Disney contacted her about selling to Disney Studios the rights for a film adaptation of ""Mary Poppins"", whose sequel ""Mary Poppins Comes Back"" was also in print. After years of contact, which included visits to Travers at her home in London, Walt Disney did obtain the rights and the Disney film ""Mary Poppins"" premiered"
"over his broken promise and returns home. Disney learns that Travers is actually her pen name, taken from her father's given name. Her real name is Helen Goff, and she's actually Australian, not British. This gives Disney new insight into Travers, and he follows her to London. Arriving unexpectedly at her door, Disney tells her that he also had a less-than-ideal childhood, but stresses the healing value of his art. He urges Travers to not let deeply-rooted past disappointments dictate the present. Travers relents and grants Disney the film rights. Three years later, in 1964, ""Mary Poppins"" is to have"
"two summers living among the Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo peoples studying their mythology and folklore. After the war, she remained in the US and became Writer-in-Residence at Radcliffe College and Smith College. She returned to England, making only one brief visit to Sydney in 1960 while on her way to Japan to study Zen mysticism. Travers's literary output other than ""Mary Poppins"" and its sequels included other novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction. Published in London in 1934, ""Mary Poppins"" was Travers's first literary success. Seven sequels followed, the last in 1988. While appearing as a guest on BBC"
"opposed by her family. In 1931, she and her friend Madge Burnand moved from their rented flat in London to a thatched cottage in Sussex. It was here, in the winter of 1933, that she began to write ""Mary Poppins"". Travers greatly admired and emulated J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. Her first publisher was Barrie's ward, Peter Davies, one of the five Llewelyn Davies boys who were the inspiration for Peter Pan. While in Ireland in 1925, Travers met the poet George William Russell (who wrote under the name ""Æ"") who, as editor of the ""Irish Statesman"", accepted"
"Mary Robinson (poet) Mary Robinson (née Darby; 27 November 1757? – 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. During her lifetime she was known as ""the English Sappho"". She earned her nickname ""Perdita"" for her role as Perdita (heroine of Shakespeare's ""The Winter's Tale"") in 1779. She was the first public mistress of King George IV while he was still Prince of Wales. Robinson was born in Bristol, England to Nicholas Darby, a naval captain, and his wife Hester (née Vanacott) who had married at Donyatt, Somerset, in 1749, and was baptised 'Polle(y)' (""Spelt"
"musical numbers, written by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman of ""Mary Poppins"", were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. The song ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" was nominated for an Academy Award. The story opens with a montage of European Grand Prix races in which one particular car appears to win every race it runs in from 1907 through 1908. However, in its final 1909 race, the car crashes and catches fire, ending its racing career. The car eventually ends up in an old garage in rural England, where two children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, have grown fond"
"film version of her books would do justice to her creation. In addition, Disney was known at the time primarily as a producer of cartoons and had yet to produce any major live-action work. For more than 20 years, Disney periodically made efforts to convince Travers to allow him to make a ""Poppins"" film. He finally succeeded in 1961, although Travers demanded and got script approval rights. The Sherman Brothers composed the music score and were also involved in the film's development, suggesting the setting be changed from the 1930s to the Edwardian era. Pre-production and song composition took about"
"Mary Poppins (song) ""Mary Poppins"" is a song from the 2015 stage musical ""Love Birds"" with music and lyrics by Robert J. Sherman. It is sung by ""The Original Quack Pack"", a penguin barbershop quartet who resemble the penguins from the 1964 Walt Disney motion picture, ""Mary Poppins"". In dialogue leading up to the song, the penguins explain that while they did know the same nanny, (Mary Poppins) they are not the same penguins as in the movie. The song expresses their longing for the magical nanny of literary fame. The original quartet of penguins included George Knapper (as ""Puck""),"
"to be directly involved with creating the stage musical. In September 2015, it was reported that a new film was in development by Walt Disney Pictures. The film would take place 20 years after the first, featuring a standalone narrative based on the remaining seven books in the series. Rob Marshall was hired to direct, while John DeLuca and Marc Platt served as producers, with Emily Blunt starring as the lead. Van Dyke is the only actor from the original to return, portraying the son of one of his original characters. Mary Poppins (film) Mary Poppins is a 1964 American"
"Jane and Michael Banks. The release date is 21 December 2018 in the US and the UK. Mary Poppins is a magical nanny who sweeps into the Banks home on Cherry Tree Lane and takes charge of the Banks children. She never acknowledges her strange and magical powers, and feigns insult when one of the children refers to her previous adventures. She first arrives to them when she is blown to Cherry Tree Lane by the East Wind. At the end of the first book she opens up her umbrella to the West Wind and lets it lift her up"
"years old. Prior to his death, her mother's sister who is notably firm yet practical came to live with the family, who later served as Travers's main inspiration for the character of Mary Poppins. In Los Angeles, Travers is irritated by what she perceives as the city's unreality and the inhabitants' intrusive friendliness, personified by her limousine driver, Ralph. At the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Travers meets the creative team that are developing ""Mary Poppins"" for the screen: screenwriter Don DaGradi, and music composers Richard and Robert Sherman. She finds their presumptions and casual manners highly improper, a view"
"Radio 4's radio programme ""Desert Island Discs"" in May 1977, Travers revealed that the name ""M. Poppins"" originated from childhood stories that she contrived for her sisters, and that she was still in possession of a book from that age with this name inscribed within. Travers's great aunt, Helen Morehead, who lived in Woollahra, Sydney, and used to say, ""Spit spot, into bed,"" is a likely inspiration for the character. The musical film adaptation ""Mary Poppins"" was released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1964. Primarily based on the original 1934 novel of the same name, it also lifted elements from"
"pitch"" while calling Shaiman and Wittman's songs as a ""gravest disappointment"", which she stressed out that ""these are songs that get in your head, body, memory, and there’s nothing here with comparable melodic or lyrical staying power"" in her negative comparison of the former to the Sherman Brothers' 1964 original songs, but praised Whishaw's performance as ""emotional rawness"". Mary Poppins Returns Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay written by David Magee and a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca. Based on the book series of the same name"
"with her, since they feared to receive a bad reputation sympathizing with Mary Robinson. Mary Robinson (poet) Mary Robinson (née Darby; 27 November 1757? – 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. During her lifetime she was known as ""the English Sappho"". She earned her nickname ""Perdita"" for her role as Perdita (heroine of Shakespeare's ""The Winter's Tale"") in 1779. She was the first public mistress of King George IV while he was still Prince of Wales. Robinson was born in Bristol, England to Nicholas Darby, a naval captain, and his wife Hester (née"
"Mary Poppins, Goodbye Mary Poppins, Goodbye (; translit. ""Meri Poppins, do svidaniya"") is a Soviet 1983 two-part musical miniseries (part 1 ""Lady Perfection"", part 2 ""Week ends on Wednesday""), directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. It is loosely based on Mary Poppins stories by P. L. Travers. The TV series were ordered by the Gosteleradio of USSR and produced by Mosfilm. The official television premiere was on January 8, 1984. Leonid Kvinikhidze reported in an interview later that his intention was not a film for kids, but for adults. The fact that it was very well received by children was unexpected for"
"Laura Michelle Kelly Laura Michelle Kelly (born 4 March 1981) is an English actress and singer who is best known for playing the role of Mary Poppins in the musical of the same name and originating the role of Sylvia in Finding Neverland. Kelly was born in Totton near Southampton, Hampshire, and moved to a farm on the Isle of Wight with her family, her mother's birthplace and where her father and mother first met. She attended Newchurch Primary, Solent Middle and Sandown High. Her first musical appearance was in ""Bugsy Malone"" in middle school. She studied with a local"
"of both the working process during the planning of ""Mary Poppins"" and also that of Travers's early life, drawing parallels with ""Mary Poppins"" and that of the author's childhood. The movie stars Emma Thompson as and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. Though Travers had numerous fleeting relationships with men throughout her life, she lived for more than a decade with Madge Burnand, daughter of Sir Francis Burnand, a playwright and the former editor of ""Punch"". They shared a London flat from 1927 to 1934, then moved to Pound Cottage near Mayfield, East Sussex, where Travers published the first of the"
"Mary Spear Nicholas Tiernan Mary Spear Nicholas Tiernan (February 14, 1835 - January 13, 1891) was a 19th-century American writer. Her earliest contributions to literature appeared in Bledsoe's ""Southern Review."" Her first novel, ""Homoselle"", was the most popular and successful of the ""Round Robin Series."" Tiernan, encouraged with the reception with which her first novel had met, entered upon an active career, writing for ""The Century"" and ""Harper's Magazine"" and publishing two additional novels, ""Sousette"" and ""Jack Horner"", 1890. The last of these included a second edition. Mary Spear Nicholas was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1836, or February 14,"
"written by Jane C. Loudon and published anonymously in 1827. Louisa May Alcott was thought by Dominic Montserrat to have been the first to use a fully formed ""mummy curse"" plot in her 1869 story ""Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse"", a hitherto forgotten piece of mummy fiction that he rediscovered in the late 1990s. However, two stories subsequently discovered by S. J. Wolfe, Robert Singerman and Jasmine Day – ""The Mummy’s Soul"" (Anonymous, 1862) and ""After Three Thousand Years"" (Jane G. Austin, 1868) – have similar plots, in which a female mummy takes magical revenge upon her"
"are marked with a ""(CC)"" and those from ""The Other Mary Shelley"" with an ""(OMS)"". Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. After Wollstonecraft's death less than a month after her daughter"