A Little Princess

Product Description

Sara Crewe had been living in India as the pampered darling of her doting father, a British army captain. Motherless from birth, Sara's life changes after she is enrolled at an exclusive boarding school in London. When her father suddenly dies and loses their fortune on a failed diamond venture, a new life awaits Sara. Though cold and hungry, Sara endures to find a more lasting part of herself.

About the Actor

Maureen Lipman - Maureen is an actress, known for The Pianist (2002), Educating Rita (1983) and The Discovery of Heaven (2001). Amelia Shankley - Amelia is an actress, known for Red Riding Hood (1988), Dreamchild (1985) and A Little Princess (1986). Miriam Margolyes - A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993) she also received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role in Little Dorrit (1987) and a Sony Radio Award for Best Actress on Radio in 1993. She was the voice of Fly the dog in Babe (1995). Major credits during her long and celebrated career include Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), I Love You to Death (1990), End of Days (1999), Sunshine (1999), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Cats & Dogs (2001), Magnolia (1999) and she was Prof. Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Annette Badland - Annette played Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, Doomsday Dora in The Sparticle Mystery, Birdie Henshall in the drama series Cutting It, Mavis in season six of Skins, Ursula Crowe in childrens science fiction/fantasy series Wizards vs. Aliens, Babe Smith in soap opera EastEnders, and Hazel Woolley in BBC Radio The Archers. She has appeared in many television roles including Bergerac (1981-1984), two episodes of the sitcom series 2point4 Children (1991), Making Out, Summer Hill, Lace, Jackanory, Archers Goon, The Demon Headmaster, A Little Princess, The Worst Witch, The Queens Nose and Coronation Street, as well as an early appearance in series one of the Hale & Pace show in a number of sketches. She has also appeared in many films including Jabberwocky (1977), Out of Order (1987), Beyond Bedlam (1994), Captives (1994), The Grotesque (1995), Little Voice (1998), Beautiful People (1999), Honest (2000), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and appeared in the TV adaptations of Gullivers Travels (1996) as the farmers wife, and A Christmas Carol (1999) as Mrs Fezziwig. Badland has performed in several radio dramas including BBC Radio 4s Rolling Home (2001), Smelling of Roses (2003) and an adaptation of George MacDonalds novel At the Back of the North Wind; lead role as DC Gwen Danbury in An Odd Body on BBC Radio 4 Extra. In 2005 she took over the role of Hazel Woolley, the bad seed adopted daughter of Jack Woolley in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers, and in 2008 appeared in the radio serial The Way We Live Right Now as Tilly Carbury. Natalie Abbott - Natalie is an actress, known for Somewhere to Run (1989), A Little Princess (1986) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990). Alison Reynolds - Alison is an actress, known for Parting Shots (1998), A Little Princess (1986) and Best Ever Ads 2 (2006). Katrina Heath - Katrina is an actress, known for The Worst Witch (1986) and A Little Princess (1986). Joann Dukes - Joann is an actress, known for Only the Strong (1993) and A Little Princess (1986).