Gone With the Wind - the musical

Gone with the Wind is a classic tale that sweeps along on a grand scale, following the fortunes of spirited Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara through the turbulent times of the American civil war.

First published in 1936, the best-seller earned a Pulitzer prize for its author Margaret Mitchell and the 1939 film adaptation made box office history as the highest-grossing movie of all time. Now this epic story is storming onto the London stage as a musical.

American Jill Paice, who last appeared in the West End in Woman in White, plays Scarlett, while Darius Danesh takes on the role of the ruggedly handsome Rhett Butler.

At the start of the action, as a not-so-sweet seventeen-year-old, Scarlett spends a good deal of her time trying to snare Ashley Wilkes, her teenage crush blinding her to the fact that Rhett is clearly the only one man enough to tame her wild side.

Ten years on she finally realises her mistake, a bit late in the day: prompting Rhett’s now legendary response: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!”

Her tough exterior melts for an instant but Scarlett is a survivor and hopefully proclaims:

“Tomorrow is another day!”

The musical version is now showing at the New London Theatre.