Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

In Scarlett’s shoes

Lloyd Evans on the extraordinary story behind Trevor Nunn’s ‘Gone with the Wind’

issue 12 April 2008

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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