<P> A 1994 animated adaptation as an ABC Weekend Special starred Honor Blackman, Sir Derek Jacobi, Glynis Johns, Victor Spinetti, Anndi McAfee as Mary Lennox, Joe Baker as Ben Weatherstaff, Felix Bell as Dickon, Naomi Bell as Martha, Richard Stuart as Colin, and Frank Welker as Robin . This version was released on video in 1995 by Paramount Home Video . </P> <P> In Japan, NHK produced and broadcast an anime adaptation of the novel in 1991--1992 titled Anime Himitsu no Hanazono (アニメ ひみつ の 花園). Miina Tominaga was featured as the voice of Mary, while Mayumi Tanaka voiced Colin . The 39 - episode TV series was directed by Tameo Kohanawa and written by Kaoru Umeno . Based on the title, this anime is sometimes mistakenly assumed to be related to the popular dorama series Himitsu no Hanazono . Surprisingly unavailable in the English language, it has been dubbed into several other languages including Spanish, Italian, Polish and Tagalog . </P> <P> Stage adaptations of the book have also been created . In 1991, a musical version opened on Broadway, with music by Lucy Simon, and book and lyrics by Marsha Norman . The production was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning Best Book of a Musical and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Daisy Eagan as Mary, then eleven years old . In 2013 an opera by the American composer Nolan Gasser, which had been commissioned by the San Francisco Opera, premiered at the Zellerbach Hall at the University of California, Berkeley . </P> <P> A stage play by Jessica Swale adapted from the novel was performed at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre in Chester 2014 . </P>

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