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The Sound of Music

Author(s): Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Company: Chichester Festival Theatre

Austria, 1938. Free-spirited nun Maria is sent away from her abbey to become governess to the widowed Captain von Trapp’s seven children.

She brings music and laughter back to his unfeeling household, but the future holds more joy and jeopardy than she ever dreamed possible.

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The company of Chichester Festival Theatre's The Sound of Music at the first day of rehearsals

Full company announced for Sound of Music

2 July 2023

Gina Beck and Edward Harrison will lead the Chichester Festival Theatre production directed by Adam Penford.

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