Mary Poppins (musical)
Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the Sherman Brothers) and 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, including songs from the film.
Karen Dotrice
Karen Dotrice ( ; born 9 November 1955) is a British actress, known primarily for her role as Jane Banks in Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins", the feature film adaptation of the "Mary Poppins" book series. Dotrice was born in Guernsey to two stage actors. Her career began on stage, and expanded into film and television, including starring roles as a young girl whose beloved cat magically reappears in Disney's "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and with "Thomasina" co-star Matthew Garber as one of two children pining for their parents' attentions in "Poppins". She appeared in five television programmes between 1972 and 1978, when she made her only feature film as an adult. Her life as an actress concluded with a short run as Desdemona in the 1981 pre-Broadway production of "Othello".