Kate Burton

Transferring the setting of a brooding Hungarian play, Carousel, to a remote fishing village, shaping their vision around themes of brutality, poverty and disappointment, Rodgers and Hammerstein composed some of the most glorious music ever written for the stage.

The death of her mother from rheumatic flu in the 1970’s South shuffles 10-year Ellen from home to home in search of a family to call her own.