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The Railway Children |
25 March 2005 |
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 Edith Nesbit, a true bohemian?
The Railway Children conjures up images of Bobbie, played in the 1970s film by a young Jenny Agutter, flagging down a steam train with her red petticoat to stop the locomotive from driving straight into a landslide.
But to the book’s author Edith Nesbit, the story may have hearkened to a secure childhood she seldom knew.
Edith went on to lead an unconventional life. She was a founder member of the Fabian Society, who smoked constantly and had an open marriage with her husband Hubert Bland.
As a stage version of The Railway Children opens in London, Ritula Shah looks at the life of this most bohemian of characters.
www.therailwaychildren.com
The Railway Children is on at The Peacock Theatre London until 10 April
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