The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold is:

The Chalk Garden at the Internet Movie Database

A 1955 Broadway play produced by Irene M. Selznick designed by Cecil Beaton. Gladys Cooper appeared as Mrs. St Maugham, with Siobhán McKenna as Miss Madrigal and Betsy Von Furstenberg as Laurel, a disturbed child under Miss Madrigal's care.

A 1964 film with Dame Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham, and Deborah Kerr as Miss Madrigal, Hayley Mills as Laurel, and Sir John Mills as the butler Maitland. directed by Ronald Neame(CBE).

The play was inspired by Miss Bagnold's own garden at North End House in Rottingdean, near Brighton, Sussex, the former home of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. It was first staged in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in April 1956 , directed by Sir John Gielgud with Dame Edith Evans as Mrs. St Maugham, and Peggy Ashcroft as Miss Madrigal. Ingrid Bergman had been considered for this movie. Sandra Dee was considered for the part that Hayley Mills played. Dame Edith Evans was nominated in 1965 for an Oscar as Best Actress in a Supporting Role (see Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress#1960s).