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Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.
Matilda is a 1988 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was published by Jonathan Cape . The story features Matilda Wormwood , a precocious child with an uncaring mother and father, and her time in a school run by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull .
Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 894 –968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman; Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 –1118), wife of Henry I; Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany; Matilda of Vianden, Lady of Požega (c. 1215-after 1255), wife of John Angelos of Syrmia; Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813-1862), grand duchess ...
Matilda Wormwood, also known by her adoptive name Matilda Honey, is the title character of the bestselling 1988 children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.She is a highly precocious five and a half (six and a half in the 1996 film) year old girl who has a passion for reading books.
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, or simply Matilda the Musical, or Matilda, is a 2022 fantasy musical film directed by Matthew Warchus from a screenplay by Dennis Kelly, based on the stage musical of the same name by Tim Minchin and Kelly, which in turn was based on the 1988 novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.
In 2009, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced its intent to stage a musical adaptation of the story Matilda, engaging Dennis Kelly as playwright, Tim Minchin as the composer and lyricist, Matthew Warchus as director, Chris Nightingale as orchestrator and music supervision, Rob Howell as set designer and Paul Kieve as illusionist and special effects creator. [8]
Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda (played by Pam Ferris), the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation (played by Emma Thompson).
Matilda and Henry V had no children, and when he died in 1125, the imperial crown was claimed by his rival Lothair of Supplinburg. Matilda's younger and only full brother, William Adelin, died in the White Ship disaster of 1120, leaving Matilda's father and realm facing a potential succession crisis.