The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole some detail. The book also contains extracts from Sue Townsend's own diaries together with some of her essays, plus a collection of entries from an unknown teenage girl's diary written in the 1930s in Grantham. Townsend suggests that the girl was called Margaret Hilda Roberts and no one knows what became of her, although most readers will spot that this is a strong and bitter satire about Margaret Thatcher (Margaret Hilda Roberts was her maiden name). Townsend originally created this satire in the first few issues of the newspaper "Today", as "The Secret Diary of Margaret Hilda Roberts Aged 13".
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ (musical) new production was presented by the Menier Chocolate Factory and Curve in association with Anthony Clare and David Ian Productions. NB: The role of Mrs Lucas was cut for the London production. The world premiere at Leicester's Curve Theatre received 4 stars from "The Daily Telegraph", "The Times" and "The Guardian". Lyn Gardner in "The Guardian" wrote that Mole was 'a home-grown hit for the Curve... a show constantly paying neat homage to previous British musicals and the traditions of the TV sitcom, and yet always staying distinctive and true to its source material... a quaint, unassuming little charmer." Dominic