Secret Garden question

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 4/17/05 at 12:15am

Hey guys, I recently started listening to the Secret Garden CD which I really enjoyed, and was mostly able to follow b/c I am very familiar with the recent WB movie that came out in the early 90s, with Maggie Smith as Matlock. Anywayz, on the CD I was confused by the character of Archibald's brother, who was not in the movie. He seemed to play the role Matlock played in the movie, to be caring but in a very nonsmart way, but then Mary accused him of trying to get Archibald out so he can control the house, anywayz can someone please explain more in depth me to the character of the brother, what were his intentions and goals, and what purpose he played in the show? Thanks.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/17/05 at 12:18am

the brother's "the bad guy"

he wanted lily, he wants control, he wants to get rid of mary, archie, colin...

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/17/05 at 2:24am

You mean Medlock? Don't worry about her, and the musical and basically all of the movies take their own respective liberties on the original story. Neville Craven is the "bad guy" (but he's bad in the way Javert is "bad" -- debatable) and ... there is no "z" in anyways.

[me101]

Posted: 4/17/05 at 10:42am

Yeah, his big thing is pretty much that he is bitter and jealous because he was in love with Lily and he really wants Misselthwaite to himself.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 4/17/05 at 11:02am

But he's not actually a bad guy - at least I never played him that way - he really loves the boy and thinks of him as his own son, but can't come to terms with having lost Lily to Archibald. It is really a beautiful musical, one of my favorites to perform in and listen to.