The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the spy fiction and the superhero genres, where a hero hides under a mild-mannered alias. The musical ran on Broadway from 1997 through January 2000 in several theatres, in several revised versions. It also had a US National tour. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" started as
The Horse and His Boy in the series. Like the other novels in "The Chronicles of Narnia", it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes; her work has been retained in many later editions. "The Horse and His Boy" is the only novel within "The Chronicles of Narnia" that features children from the imagined world of Narnia (rather than English characters) as the main characters. It is also the only novel within "The Chronicles of Narnia" that takes place entirely in the fictional Narnian world. The novel is set in the period covered by the last chapter of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" (which was