Matilda The Musical’s Biggest Differences To Roald Dahl’s Book

Even if Matilda the Musical maintains the basic plot of Roald Dahl’s book Matilda, the musical still differs from its source material in some major ways. Matilda the Musical is a film based on the famous children’s novel – Matilda, written by the British novelist Roald Dahl in 1988. However, much like the book’s previous screen adaptation, Danny DeVito’s Matilda in 1996, Matilda the Musical takes a few creative liberties and departs from the book’s narration in various instances during the film.