Attention, maggots: it's time to head to Crunchem Hall because we're celebrating National Read a Book Day by looking back at the Broadway opening of ...

We’re talking about Miss Trunchbull from Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Superstar actor Emma Thompson portrays the infamous headmistress and villain of Crunchem Hall Primary School.

In the brand-new musical adaption of the 1996 flick, Emma, 63, portrays Agatha Trunchbull - the terrifying and cruel headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School from Roald Dahl’s now iconic book.

In the film, it’s only after a school inspector and Miss Honey pay the Wormwoods a visit do they remember they’re meant to start giving her an education – meaning Matilda starts school a few weeks ...

"This isn't a school. It's a prison," Matilda is told when she arrives at Crunchem Hall, a foreboding establishment where the cruel headmistress sees her mandate as crushing kids, not educating them.