"went to bingo. Matilda was left alone. That was how she liked it. Mr. Wormwood was based on a real-life character from Roald Dahl's home village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. The library in Great Missenden was the inspiration for Mrs Phelps' library, where Matilda devours classic literature by the age of four and three months. The novel was made into the film ""Matilda"" in 1996. It starred Mara Wilson as Matilda, and was directed by Danny DeVito, who also portrayed Mr. Wormwood and narrated the story. Although the film was not a box office success, it received critical acclaim"
"Matilda (novel) Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake. It was adapted as an audio reading by actress Kate Winslet, a 1996 feature film directed by Danny DeVito, a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme starring Lauren Mote as Matilda, Emerald O'Hanrahan as Miss Honey, Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Trunchbull and narrated by Lenny Henry, and a 2010 musical. In 2012 ""Matilda"" was ranked number 30 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by ""School Library Journal"", a monthly with"
"Matilda (1996 film) Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, who also produced with Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, and Lucy Dahl. It was written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. Mara Wilson, DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris star. The film is about a young genius named Matilda, who uses telekinesis to deal with her parents, who do not value education, and Agatha Trunchbull, the oppressive principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School. The film was released in the United States on August 2, 1996."
"sympathetic variation of Augustus Gloop (from ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"") and similar gluttons, and made something of a hero by finishing the cake without suffering nausea. The short story ""The Magic Finger"" by Roald Dahl, released in 1964, may have been a precursor to ""Matilda"". A young girl has power within her finger to do things to other people when she gets emotional about a cause she feels strongly about. Celebrating 30 years of the book's publication in October 2018, original illustrator Quentin Blake imagined what Matilda might be doing as a grown up woman today. He drew images"
"of her undertaking various possible roles, including an explorer, an astrophysicist, running the British Library, and others. While stating it would be nice to know what Matilda would doing as a woman, author Cressida Cowell states, ""Why does a part of us not want to know what Matilda has become? Somewhere in our heart of hearts we never want Matilda to grow up – we want her to be like Peter Pan, eternally young."" Matilda (novel) Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations"
"Matilda of Holstein Matilda of Holstein or Mechthild (1220 or 1225 – 1288 in Kiel) was a Danish queen consort, married to King Abel of Denmark and later to Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden. Matilda was the daughter of Adolf IV, Count of Holstein, and Heilwig of Lippe. On 25 April 1237 she was married to Abel of Denmark in Schleswig. The marriage was arranged to form a tie between Holstein and Sønderjylland. In 1239, Abel became the guardian of her minor brothers. When Abel became king in 1250, she was crowned with him in Roskilde on 1 November. When"
"Matilda of Holstein Matilda of Holstein or Mechthild (1220 or 1225 – 1288 in Kiel) was a Danish queen consort, married to King Abel of Denmark and later to Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden. Matilda was the daughter of Adolf IV, Count of Holstein, and Heilwig of Lippe. On 25 April 1237 she was married to Abel of Denmark in Schleswig. The marriage was arranged to form a tie between Holstein and Sønderjylland. In 1239, Abel became the guardian of her minor brothers. When Abel became king in 1250, she was crowned with him in Roskilde on 1 November. When"
"Chloe Hawthorn Chloe Charlotte Hawthorn (born 17 August 2002) is a British child actress from Havering best known currently for playing the titular role of Matilda Wormwood in ""Matilda the Musical"" a role she shared with Lucy-Mae Beacock, Hayley Canham, Elise Blake, Cristina Fray and Lara Wollington. Hawthorn lives in Essex and used to attend Beverly Marks Stage School, she also does numerous musical theatre workshops at Spirit Young Performers Company. Even at the age of 15, Hawthorn is still only 5ft, making her a reasonable short actress for her age. Hawthorn was in the original cast of the West"
"Mathilda (novella) Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820 and first published posthumously in 1959. It deals with common Romantic themes of incest and suicide. The narrative deals with a father's incestuous love for his daughter. The act of writing this novella distracted Mary Shelley from her grief after the deaths of her one-year-old daughter Clara at Venice in September 1818 and her three-year-old son William in June 1819 in Rome. These losses plunged Mary Shelley into a depression that distanced her emotionally and sexually from Percy"
"characters from Great Missenden are reflected in his work. For example, the village library was the inspiration for Mrs Phelps' library in ""Matilda"", where the title character devours classic literature by the age of four. His short story collection ""Tales of the Unexpected"" was adapted to a successful TV series of the same name, beginning with ""Man From the South"". When the stock of Dahl's own original stories was exhausted, the series continued by adapting stories by authors that were written in Dahl's style, including the writers John Collier and Stanley Ellin. Some of his short stories are supposed to"
"primarily US audience. It was the first of four books by Dahl among the Top 100, more than any other writer. Worldwide sales have reached 17 million, and since 2016 sales have spiked to the extent that it outsells Dahl's other works. Everyone is born. But not everyone is born the same. Some people grow to be butchers, bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only only be good at making jello salad. But each human being is made unique; for better or for worse. In this novel, Mara Wilson stars as Matilda Wormwood; adopted daughter of Harry and Zinnia Wormwood,"
"Sophia Gennusa Sophia Elizabeth Gennusa (born October 20, 2003) is an American child actress most known for her role as Matilda, in the original Broadway cast of ""Matilda the Musical"". Gennusa is best known for debuting the role of Matilda Wormwood in the Broadway production of ""Matilda"" alongside Bailey Ryon, Oona Laurence, and Milly Shapiro at the Shubert Theatre. She returned to Broadway in 2015 for the new musical ""Doctor Zhivago"" at the Broadway Theatre. It closed after about three weeks, with an additional month of previews. She frequently performs in benefit concerts and cabarets, and as of 2016 is"
"role in March. In late September 2016 it was confirmed that Hone would be leaving along with Stephenson after her relatively short stint. The two girls would be replaced by two new Matildas - Sara Sheen and Abbie Vena. Both of whom, Sara on 13 September (also Roald Dahl day) and Abbie on 22 September, made their Matilda debut. On 21 December 2016 the 7:30pm performance was cancelled due to multiple illnesses in the cast, including principal child performers and their understudies. Because of this Lara McDonnell and Emily May Stephenson (both past Matildas) came back to cover the few"
"Matilda the Musical Matilda the Musical is a stage musical based on the 1988 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was adapted by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. The musical's narrative centres on Matilda, a precocious 5-year-old girl with the gift of telekinesis, who loves reading, overcomes obstacles caused by her family and school, and helps her teacher to reclaim her life. After a twelve-week trial run staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at Stratford-upon-Avon from November 2010 to January 2011, it received its West End premiere on 24 November 2011"
"December 6 and closing Jan 6. Floyd Central High School Theatre Arts in Galena, Indiana is producing ‘’Matilda’’ opening on November 2, 2018 and closing on November 11, 2018. <ref> Matilda the Musical Matilda the Musical is a stage musical based on the 1988 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was adapted by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. The musical's narrative centres on Matilda, a precocious 5-year-old girl with the gift of telekinesis, who loves reading, overcomes obstacles caused by her family and school, and helps her teacher to reclaim her life."
"Matilda of Scotland Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118), originally christened Edith, was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry I. She acted as regent of England in the absence of her spouse on several occasions. Matilda was the daughter of the English princess Saint Margaret and the Scottish king Malcolm III. She was descended from Alfred the Great. At the age of about six Matilda was sent with her sister to be educated in a convent in southern England, where her aunt Cristina was abbess. It is not clear if she spent much"
"first novel was cited by prominent American psychologist G. Stanley Hall, in his pioneering study of adolescence, as a parallel to the famously frank (and accusedly egotistic) authors Marie Bashkirtseff, Hilma Angered Strandberg, and Mary MacLane. Mathilda Malling Ingrid Mathilda Kruse Malling (Jan 20, 1864 – Mar 21, 1942), known as Mathilda Malling, and even better known by her early ""nom de plume"", Stella Kleve, was a Swedish novelist born January 20, 1864, on her family's farm, in North Mellby Parish, Kristianstad County, Sweden and died in København, Esajas sn, Sjælland, Copenhagen in 1942. Daughter of Danish estate owner, Frans"
"Matilda of Flanders Matilda of Flanders (; ) ( 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and sometime Regent of these realms during his absence. She was the mother of ten children who survived to adulthood, including two kings, William II and Henry I. As a niece and granddaughter of kings of France, Matilda was of grander birth than William, who was illegitimate, and, according to some suspiciously romantic tales, she initially refused his proposal on this account. Her descent from the Anglo-Saxon royal House of Wessex was"
"27, 2018, Netflix was revealed to be adapting ""Matilda"" as an animated series, which will be part of an ""animated event series"", along with series based on other Roald Dahl books like ""The BFG"", ""The Twits"", and ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"". One of Miss Trunchbull's punishments is to force an overweight child, Bruce Bogtrotter, to eat an enormous chocolate cake, which makes him so full that he cannot move. He had been found guilty of stealing cake from the kitchen. In ""Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes"" one of the recipes is based on that cake; whereas Bruce is a more"
"play ""Enrico IV"". She is the main historical character in Kathleen McGowan's novel ""The Book of Love"" (Simon & Schuster, 2009). Matilda of Tuscany Matilda of Tuscany (Italian: ""Matilde di Canossa"" , Latin: ""Matilda"", ""Mathilda""; 1046 – 24 July 1115) was a powerful feudal Margravine of Tuscany, ruler in northern Italy and the chief Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy; in addition, she was one of the few medieval women to be remembered for her military accomplishments, thanks to which she was able to dominate all the territories north of the Church States. In 1076 she"
"store data, because computers and ""thinking machines"" are outlawed. In Roald Dahl's novel ""Matilda"", the lead character is portrayed having exceptional computational skills as she computes her father's profit without the need for paper computations. During class (she is a first-year elementary school student), she does large-number multiplication problems in her head almost instantly. Andrew Jackson ""Slipstick"" Libby is a calculating prodigy in Robert A. Heinlein's story ""Methuselah's Children"". In the USA Network legal drama ""Suits"", the main character, Mike Ross, is asked to multiply considerably large numbers in his head to impress two girls, and does so subsequently. In"
"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"
"Mathilda Malling Ingrid Mathilda Kruse Malling (Jan 20, 1864 – Mar 21, 1942), known as Mathilda Malling, and even better known by her early ""nom de plume"", Stella Kleve, was a Swedish novelist born January 20, 1864, on her family's farm, in North Mellby Parish, Kristianstad County, Sweden and died in København, Esajas sn, Sjælland, Copenhagen in 1942. Daughter of Danish estate owner, Frans Oskar Kruse, and Anna Maria Mathilda Borgström, she graduated from Lyceum for Girls in Stockholm, then studied at Lund University, in Switzerland, in 1884, and in Copenhagen, 1885-1886. In 1883 and was married in 1890 to"
"after she was accepted into the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Mote won the leading role of Lizzy in ""Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue"", part of an animated Disney series featuring Tinker Bell the fairy from Peter Pan, following an open audition in 2008. Other work completed by Mote includes the 2009 BBC Radio 4 serial of ""Matilda"", based on the novel by Roald Dahl, in which she voiced the leading role of five-year-old Matilda. She also starred in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play ""Highgate Letters"", broadcast in April 2010, and performed in the musical ""Oliver!"" at the"
"Matilda (or Maud), who became celebrated as ""the bride of Malahide"", when her first husband, Thomas Husssey, Baron Galtrim, was reputedly murdered on their wedding day. The tenth baron, Luke Plunkett, was created ""Earl of Fingall"" on 29 September 1628. When still Baron Killeen, his first wife was Elizabeth, the second daughter of Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare, as properly recorded in the histories of the FitzGeralds of Kildare, based on their own family archives in Carton House and Kilkea Castle, and on no better authority than The 4th Duke of Leinster himself, writing at the time as Marquess"
"children include ""James and the Giant Peach"", ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"", ""Matilda"", ""The Witches"", ""Fantastic Mr Fox"", ""The BFG"", ""The Twits"" and ""George's Marvellous Medicine"". His adult works include ""Tales of the Unexpected"". Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (""née"" Hesselberg). Dahl's father had emigrated to the UK from Sarpsborg in Norway, and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s. His mother came over and married his father in 1911. Dahl was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first"
"has become possibly Mary Shelley's best-known work after ""Frankenstein"". Mathilda (novella) Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820 and first published posthumously in 1959. It deals with common Romantic themes of incest and suicide. The narrative deals with a father's incestuous love for his daughter. The act of writing this novella distracted Mary Shelley from her grief after the deaths of her one-year-old daughter Clara at Venice in September 1818 and her three-year-old son William in June 1819 in Rome. These losses plunged Mary Shelley into a"
"Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia Matilda of Germany or ""Matilde of Saxony"" (Summer 979 - November 1025, Echtz) was the third daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife, Empress Theophanu. Shortly after her birth, Matilda was sent to Essen Abbey, where her older cousin Mathilde was abbess, Matilda was educated here. It was presumed that Matilda would stay in the Abbey and become an Abbess like her older sisters Adelheid I, Abbess of Quedlinburg and Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim. However, Matilda lived a different life from her two sisters, she was to marry Ezzo,"
"Matilda, a daughter of the Saxon margrave Hermann Billung and widow of Count Baldwin III of Flanders. In 1012 his son Godfrey II was appointed Duke of Lower Lorraine by the East Frankish (German) king Henry II, in order to protect the lands against claims raised by West Francia (France). With Godfrey's uncle Duke Theodoric, both Lower and Upper Lorraine then were held by the House of Ardennes. The line of Upper Lorraine dukes became extinct upon the death of Theodoric's grandson Duke Frederick III in 1033; wherafter his cousin Gothelo, son and heir of Duke Godfrey II of Lower"
"Matilda of Habsburg Matilda of Habsburg or Melchilde (1253 in Rheinfelden – 23 December 1304 in Munich, Bavaria) was the eldest daughter of Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenburg. She was regent of Bavaria in the minority of her son. On 24 October 1273, Matilda married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, in Aachen, she was his third and final wife. There was a large age difference, Louis was twenty three years older than Matilda. Matilda and Louis had the following children: On her husband's death in 1294, Matilda acted as regent for her young son Rudolf. A decision"
"them at Easter 1080. Matilda of Flanders Matilda of Flanders (; ) ( 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and sometime Regent of these realms during his absence. She was the mother of ten children who survived to adulthood, including two kings, William II and Henry I. As a niece and granddaughter of kings of France, Matilda was of grander birth than William, who was illegitimate, and, according to some suspiciously romantic tales, she initially refused his proposal on this account. Her descent from the Anglo-Saxon royal"
"Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony Matilda of England (, also called Maud; 6 January 1156 – 28 June 1189) was the eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Through her marriage with the Welf duke Henry the Lion, she was Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180. She was named after her grandmother Matilda of England. Upon the disputed Papal election of 1159 and the succeeding schism, King Henry II established closer ties to the Holy Roman Empire; particularly when he himself came into conflict with the"
"the UK and Ireland. In 2018, Worthington Cox will star as Cait in ""Britannia"", a new television series from Sky and Amazon. Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox was born in 2001. She has two elder brothers. She has been training at the Formby School of Performing Arts since the age 2 and attends school in Crosby, Merseyside. Eleanor Worthington Cox Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox (born 21 June 2001) is a British child actress from Merseyside most known for portraying Matilda Wormwood in ""Matilda the Musical"" for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, and Janet Hodgson in ""The"