In 1934, the writer P.L. Travers introduced Mary Poppins, who quickly became the ideal of the no-nonsense British nanny for generations of children.

Although the 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke was critically acclaimed and a box office smash, the book’s author P. L. Travers (Pamela Lyndon Travers) wasn’t a fan of the flick.

It is now 75 years since P L Travers created 'Mary Poppins', but her tale of dark magic remains as enchanting as ever. What's more, writes Justine Picardie, it has a surprising relevance to our ...

Portraying author P.L. Travers and Walt Disney, Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks re-create the backstage drama that got Mary Poppins from the page to the screen in Saving Mr. Banks. Colin Farrell, Paul ...

In the film “Saving Mr. Banks,” the children’s author P.L. Travers finds herself in tense negotiations with Walt Disney over the 1964 film version of Travers’ classic stories featuring the ...

Disney first became interested in author P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins through his daughters, Diane and Sharon, who were enthralled by the books.

1. First, Walt Disney started going after the rights to adapt P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins in 1938, four years after the first book was published. However, Travers repeatedly refused to give over ...

As a girl, Travers was entranced, but also emotionally wounded, by her mercurial, alcoholic father, who influenced the character of Poppins' Mr. Banks.

Featuring over 20 iconic characters from the original stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film, this musical adaptation created by Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s Mary Poppins promises to be ...

Meeting P.L. Travers: Richard Sherman. Nearly 50 years after Mary Poppins debuted, the experience of haggling with the story's author still makes composer Richard Sherman shudder.