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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.
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).
2022 was truly the year of Lashana Lynch. She became the new Captain Marvel, starred in The Woman King and Matilda the Musical, and is in the running to play the new James Bond.
Miss Honey tries to move Matilda into a higher class, but the tyrannical headmistress, Miss Agatha Trunchbull, refuses. Miss Honey also tries to talk to Mr and Mrs Wormwood about their daughter's intelligence, but they ignore her, with the mother contending "brainy-ness" is an undesirable trait in a little girl.
All versions of Matilda—the 1988 novel, the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito, the West End/Broadway stage film, and the 2022 Netflix movie musical—differ from each other in key ways.
Miss Trunchbull returns while Matilda and Miss Honey are in the house and realizes that someone has come in upon noticing the lid to the chocolate box is awry. She looks about the house and almost catches Matilda, but Miss Honey provides distraction every time. The two leave and Matilda promises never to go inside the house again.
As the smartest person in most rooms she enters, Matilda (Mara Wilson) rises above her circumstances with the help of her telekinetic powers and her kindhearted teacher Ms. Honey (Embeth Davidtz ...
Lauren Ward (born June 19, 1970) is an American singer and actress. She has appeared in Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End musicals and plays. Ward originated the role of Miss Honey in the original Stratford-Upon-Avon, West End, and Broadway productions of the musical Matilda, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance.