How Matilda: The Musical Compares to the Original Book
8 Differences Between "Matilda: The Musical" and the Original Roald Dahl Book
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The original book version of Mrs. Wormwood has a bingo obsession, but in the movie musical, she's a ballroom dance devotee instead.
In fact, in the stage musical that inspired the movie musical, she has an entire ballroom dance number, called "Loud," and a subplot with a dance partner named Rodolfo, which were cut for the movie adaptation.