Alice in Wonderland (musical)

Infobox Musical
name= Alice in Wonderland
subtitle=


imagesize=142px
caption= Original Poster
music= Walter Slaughter
lyrics= H. Saville Clark
book= H. Saville Clark
basis= Lewis Carrol's novel
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
productions= 1886 West End
1888 West End revival
1898 West End revival
1900 West End revival
1902 West End revival
1908 West End revival
1914 West End revival
1921 West End revival
1927 West End revival
awards=

"Alice in Wonderland" is a musical by H. Saville Clark (1841-1893) [Other works by Henry Saville Clarke include "An Adamless Eden!" and "The Rose and the Ring"] (book and lyrics) and Walter Slaughter (music). Based on Carroll's book, the musical achieved considerable popularity.

"Alice in Wonderland" opened on 23 December 1886 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, together with a similar work based on "Through the Looking Glass". Phoebe Carlo played Alice. "The Theatre" wrote in its review, ["The Theatre", London, 1 January 1887, pp.48-50] "Alice in Wonderland" will not appeal to the children alone.... Mr. Savile Clark has done wonders.... The play is beautifully mounted, and splendidly acted, Miss Phœbe Carlo being very successful as the little heroine... she played in a delightful and thoroughly artistic fashion, and in the this respect she was closely followed by a tiny mite, Miss Dorothy D'Alcort, who play first the Dormouse.... Mr. Edgar Bruce, Mr. Walter Slaughter (who has written some charming music for the piece), and Mr. Savile Clark, all deserve unstinted praise...."

The musical was frequently revived, including at the Globe Theatre in 1888, at the Opera Comique in 1898, at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1900, at the Camberwell Theatre in 1902, in 1908 by producer William Greet, and in 1914 at the Wimbledon Theatre, starring C. Hayden Coffin, [ [http://www.defreitasbooks.com/carroll.html information about the 1914 revival] ] at the Savoy Theatre in 1914-15, at the Duke of York's Theatre the following year, at the Garrick Theatre in 1921-22 [ [http://diamond.boisestate.edu/GaS/whowaswho/L/LorraineRoy.htm Profile of Roy Lorraine, who appeared in the latter three productions] ] and again at the Savoy in 1927-28. [ [http://www.flyrope.com/sections/productions/index.php?var=200007180 Information from Flyrope.com] ]

Notes

References

* [http://footlightnotes.tripod.com/20041030home.html Article about the 1886 production]
*Davenport, William "A Dictionary of Drama", Chatto & Windus, London (1904)

External links

* [http://www.nodanw.com/london_shows_chronology/1880s.htm Listing of productions in London in the 1880s]
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tauspace/theatre_forgotten.htm Photographs from a production starring Marie Studholme as Alice]