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Original Music and Lyrics Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; New songs and additional music and lyrics George Stiles and Anthony Drewe; Co-creator Cameron Mackintosh.

Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Mary Poppins
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Production Details

  • Produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh. First produced London, United Kingdom, 2004 and Broadway, New York, United States of America, 2006. Australian season, Melbourne, Victoria, July 2010. Directed by Richard Eyre.

    Performed at the Free-Rain Theatre, Canberra: 12-29 March 2015

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First known date: 2004
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Mary Poppins P. L. Travers , New York (City) : Reynal and Hitchcock , 1934 Z797048 1934 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

The first of P.L. Travers's novels about the magical nanny, Mary Poppins.

When Katie Nana, the much-tried nanny to the Banks family of 17 Cherry Tree Lane, finally storms out in a huff, the wind blows in Mary Poppins and her carpetbag. The Banks children find that Mary Poppins is stern, vain, and usually cross – but also has a touch of magic about her.
form y separately published work icon Mary Poppins Bill Walsh , Don Da Gradi , Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman , ( dir. Robert Stevenson ) Burbank : Walt Disney Productions , 1964 Z1231131 1964 single work film/TV children's fantasy

Musical.

A London banker and his suffragette wife are too busy to pay attention to their bored children, Jane and Michael. The family has its world turned upside down, however, by the irrepressible and nonsensical Mary Poppins, who teaches them how to enjoy life. Poppins is a kind of super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers before flying off again. Jane and Michael experience a world of imagination in which people fly, carousel horses come alive, and tea parties are held on the ceiling.

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Works about this Work

High Flyer Rosemary Neill , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 May 2022; (p. 10)
A Practically Perfect Production Alanna Maclean , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 March 2015; (p. 6)
— Review of Mary Poppins Julian Fellowes , 2004 single work musical theatre
A Shot in the Spotlight Justin Burke , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 23 November 2012; (p. 14)
Melbourne's Grand Musical Moments Michael Lallo , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 July 2012; (p. 8-9)
Disney Opts for Something UnAustralian About Mary Nathanael Cooper , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 March 2012; (p. 9)
Poppins Perfect, in Every Way Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Mary Poppins Julian Fellowes , 2004 single work musical theatre
Spoonful of Mary's Magic Is Just the Right Medicine Bryce Hallett , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 July - 1 August 2010; (p. 33)
— Review of Mary Poppins Julian Fellowes , 2004 single work musical theatre
Extravagant Family Entertainment in This Nanny State Jason Blake , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 May 2011; (p. 13)
— Review of Mary Poppins Julian Fellowes , 2004 single work musical theatre
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 8 May 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of Mary Poppins Julian Fellowes , 2004 single work musical theatre
Practically Perfect Lucy Brook , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 16 - 22 November no. 859 2011; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Mary Poppins Julian Fellowes , 2004 single work musical theatre
Mary Poppins Flying Back to Her Roots Down Under Raymond Gill , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 July 2009; (p. 5)
There's Something about Mary Jane Sullivan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 August 2009; (p. 22)
Build Another Theatre or Face the Music, Sydney Told Bryce Hallett , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 October 2009; (p. 16) Bryce Hallett reports on Cameron Mackintosh's view that Sydney needs a 1,750-seat theatre to mount large musical theatre productions.
Disney Pops Perfect Nanny on the Stage Michaela Boland , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 November 2009; (p. 17)
Poppins Producers Find Mary Quite Contrary Raymond Gill , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 November 2009; (p. 13)
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Awards

2011 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Musical Winner for the Disney and Cameron Mackintosh Australian production, 2010-2011.
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