Lloyd Evans on the extraordinary story behind Trevor Nunn’s ‘Gone with the Wind’
The heart sinks, almost. The brow droops, a little. A yawn rises in the throat and dies away. Another musical has opened in the West End and, yes, it’s based on a blockbuster movie and, yes, that too was based on a million-selling novel.

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