What happened to the author of Mary Poppins?

In 1977, Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. She lived to age 96, dying in London from the effects of an epileptic seizure, on April 23, 1996. She had planned to write Goodbye, Mary Poppins, to terminate the beloved governess, but instead heeded the outcry from both children and publishers.

Who wrote the original Mary Poppins?

creator P.L. Travers
Travers is even more fascinating than her fiction. Appearing this Christmas season from Walt Disney Pictures, “Mary Poppins Returns” is the long-awaited sequel to the beloved Julie Andrews film. It’s surprising that audiences had to wait 54 years.

Is Mary Poppins based on a real person?

Travers based the beloved character on her austere great-aunt. Mary Poppins first appeared in the pages of Australian author P.L. Travers’s eight-book series of the same name, published in 1934. The character is inspired by Travers’s real-life great aunt, Helen Morehead.

Who was P.L. Travers married to?

Travers never married, but she was romantically involved with both men and women. She adopted a son from an impoverished acquaintance of Yeats; he was one of a pair of twins. She told him that she was his birth mother, and he did not discover her fabrication until he was 17 when his twin appeared at the door.

What did P.L. Travers think of the movie?

P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins book, wasn’t “supercalifragilistic-ally” thrilled about Disney’s Mary Poppins movie. To put it simply, Travers hated it. Some Disney fans were surprised at this.

Why did P.L. Travers change her name?

She decided to go by the stage name of “Pamela Lyndon Travers”, taking Travers from her father’s name and Pamela because she thought it a “pretty” name that “flowed” with Travers. Travers toured New South Wales beginning in early 1921 and had returned to Wilkie’s troupe in Sydney by April 1922.

Why did Mr. Banks get fired?

The customers who are present when Michael is practically mugged agree. They all demand to withdraw their money, sending the bank into a full-on riot and leading to Mr. Banks being fired.

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