He really wanted to do Mary Poppins on stage
Because she’d hated the film adaptation so much, Travers was very reluctant to accept. It took Mackintosh a good while to convince her.
But it was difficult convincing Travers
She accepted so long as he were to abide by her terms: that no Disney songs were to be included, and that no one from the film be involved.
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Mackintosh eventually managed to sneak a few of the Disney songs in. But when Travers passed away in 1996, Mackintosh enlisted the Disney company to co-produce the production with him.
