Alice In Wonderland
Welcome 2 the Alice In Wonderland page!!! Well, I've at last managed 2 put our versions of the songs on the net!! If u hear urself singing + don't want 2 b on the net, e-mail me + I'll take u off. I would've put the walrus + the carpenter on here but I don’t think that jenny + amy would b best pleased.
Cast List
(Charity White) - The "real life" Alice who Dodgson is telling the story2.
(Anna-Marie Paraskeva) - The fictional Alice + heroine of the play.
The Carpenter
(Amy Levick) - A grumpy old carpenter who's in Dodgson's poem "The Walrus + the Carpenter".
The Chesire Cat
(Mel Brown) - An insane grinning cat.
(Nathalie Chalkley) - A skipping bug with a contradictory nature.
The Cook
(Zoe Burgess) - A servant 2 the duchess who is very fond of pepper.
(Sarah Flavel) - A mature, kindly gentleman with a love of little girls. Dodgson is the storyteller (aka Lewis Carroll).
The Dormouse
(Natalie Cross) - A sweet, sleepy member of the Hatter's t party.
The Duchess
(Kerry Harmer) - A mad, half-pig, half-woman who is very fond of finding morals in things.
The Executioner
(Jenny Hook) - Pretty straight-4ward, the bloke who chops every1's heads off when the Queen shouts "Off With His Head!!!!".
The Gryphon
(Charlie Francis-Pape) - An aging sea loving creature who's good friends with the mock turtle + dying 2 talk about his days in school.
The March Hare
(Lucy Bater) - In close character to the hatter, but with less dialouge.
The King
(Jo Manning) - Just about the only person that the Queen doesn't threaten to execute.
The Knave
(Tess Naden) - The Knave of Hearts he stole (he STOLE!) those tarts…
(Katherine Rich) - An aging thespian who is absolutley insane.
The Mock Turtle
(Cathy Ford) - A miserable creature who yearns 4 the days when he "was a real turtle".
The Queen of Hearts
(Sue Lawrence) - A savage person with only one way 2 solve any problem. (I wonder what it could b????)
The Walrus
A fat creature who obvisouly features in the poem told by Dodgson (the Walrus + the Carpenter).
The White Rabbit
A frantic worring creature who seems 2 always b rushing somewhere.
We performed Alice In Wonderland on 7th, 8th + 9th of December 2000. We performed it twice on Saturday (there was a matinee) + well, thursday night's performance was pretty bad. The main tragedy of the evening was that during the song the walrus + the carpenter a whole load of oysters (about 11) were supposed 2 come on stage + get eaten by the walrus + the carpenter. But, most of the oysters also doubled as children at the beginning. So this meant that they had a very short time 2 get in2 costume + get their make up on. However, they had less time than every1 had anticipated, so…….only 2 oysters actually made it 2 the stage. But many members of the auidience said that if they hadn't known that there were supposed 2 b more, they wouldn't have noticed as the people on stage coped so well. Alice Lidell also hadnt practised dancing in her shoes b4 + slipped over, the entire cast 4got 2 say "boo" in the court scene at the end, the dormouse's ears got broken, the cooks sausages fell apart + the other great "tragdedy" of the evening concerened Alice. She had been feeling ill 4 a coupla days b4 the play + she had a sore throat, but despite being pumped full of anti biotics + so 4th when she got on stage + opened her mouth 2 say her opening line, very little came out.
Well Thursday night wasn’t brilliant but Friday + Saturday were great. + there's only 1 thing 2 say about Saturday night's performance………………………………………….
KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds from the play
Leave Room 4 Dreams - the play opens with this song its sung by Dodgson + children.
Caucus Race - sung by Dodgson (mr. Perry + sarah wrote this song)
Music Is My Life - sung by Alice + the Caterpillar (mr. Perry practically re-wrote this one).
We're Mad Down Here - sung by the Duchess, the Cook, Alice + the Cheshire Cat.
Mad Cat - sung by Alice + the Cheshire Cat
Tea For Three - sung by Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse + the March Hare
Muchness Muchness - sung by the same people that sung Tea For Three, the Mad Hatter says "come on everybody".
Changing the Colour of the Roses - sung by the Cards
Beautiful Soup - sung by the Mock Turtle
Lobster Quadrille - sung by Alice Lidell, Dodgson, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon + the Oysters
Where Do I Go From Here Now - sung by everybody, Alice sings the solo
Alice Links
A - Find out about the different films etc. that have been made.
L - Alice In Wonderland - an interactive adventure
I - Read the whole book (complete with all the original drawings) online.
C - Find out more about the author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
E - Go 2 the Musicline website - Musicline is the company who published the version we performed.
Alice Pictures
These r the original drawings by John Tenniel. Lewis Carroll gave him extremly detailed instrustions of how each drawing should look.
In the interests of saving time in loading the web page I have put one picture on here. If u want 2 c them all click on it. If u want 2 c larger versions of those click on them.
Give the page a little time 2 load. + if u hold ur cursor over the pix, it'll tell u whats goin on in each one.
Alice Quotes
You wouldn’t think it but alice in wonderland is everywhere. How many references have u heard about "down the rabbit hole"? + the word chortle is one which lewis carroll made up. It's half way between snort + chuckle.
Things with alice quotes:
Mary poppins - "mad as a march hare"
The shining - "falling like alice into wonderland"
Aladdin (ours) - "mad as a hatter"
Sex in the city - "I went down the rabbit hole"
Have a day (my poster) - picture of just a smile saying "have a cheshire day"
The matrix - "I imagine you're feeling a little like alice falling down the rabbit hole" "follow the white rabbit" "take the red pill you stay in wonderland and I show you just how deep the rabbit hole goes"
The Simpsons - "y is a raven like a writing desk?"
The Simpsons - "Hi, i'm Troy Mclure. u may remember me from such driver-z films such as 'Alice's Adventures Thru the Windshield Glass'"
Charlie + the chocolate factory - "stuff + nonsense!"
If u find any new quotes e-mail them 2 me.
Extracts From the Script
Hatter: no room
Hare: no room
Dormouse: no room
Alice: there's plently of room
Hatter: have some wine
Alice: I don't c any wine.
Hatter: (laughing hyterically) that's because there isnt any!!!!!
Alice: then it wasn't very civil of u 2 offer it
Hare: it wasn’t very civil of u 2 sit down without being invited.
Alice: I didn't know it was ur table + its laid 4 a great many more than 3
Hare: ur hair wants cutting
Alice: u should learn not 2 make personal remarks
Hatter:
why is a raven like a writing desk?Alice: (2 audience) come, we shall have some fun now, im glad they’ve begun asking riddles (2 Hatter) I believe I can guess that.
Hare: do u mean that u think u can find the ansa 2 it?
Alice: exactly so.
Hare: then u say what u mean.
Alice: I do - at least I mean what I say - that’s the same thing u know.
Hatter: not the same thing a bit! Y u might as well say that I like what I get is the same thing as I get what I like.
Dormouse: (pulling his head out of the t-pot + yawning) u might as well say that I breathe when I sleep is the same thing as I sleep when I breathe.
Hatter: it is the same with u. (2 Alice) what day of the month is it?
Alice: the 4th
Hatter: 2 days wrong, I told u butter wouldn’t suit the works.
Hare: it was the best butter.
Hatter: yes, but some of the crumbs have got in as well. U shouldn't have put it in with the bread knife.
Hare: it was the best butter u know.
Alice: what a funny watch. It tells what day of the month it is + doesn't tell what o'clock it is!
Hatter: y should it? Does ur watch tell u what year it is?
Alice: of course not but that’s because it stays the same year 4 such a long time 2gether.
Hatter: which is just the case with mine.
Alice: I don’t quite understand u.
Hatter: the dormouse is asleep again. (the hatter + hare wake the dormouse)
Dormouse: of course, of course just what I was going 2 remark myself.
Hatter: have u guessed the riddle yet?
Alice: no, I give up. What's the ansa?
Hatter: (laughing hysterically) I havent the slightest idea.
Hare: (joining in the joke) nor I.
Alice: I think u might do better with the time than wasting it in asking riddles that have no ansas.
Hatter: if u knew time as well as I do, u wouldn't talk about wasting it it's him
Alice: I don’t know what u mean.
Hatter: of course u don’t. I dare say u 've never even spoken 2 time!!!
Alice: perhaps not, but I know I have 2 beat time when I learn music.
Hatter: ah that accounts 4 it. He won't stand beating. Now if u only kept on good terms with time he'd do almost anything u like with the clock. 4 instance suppose it were 9 o'clock in the morning, just time2 begin lessons, u'd only have 2 whisper a hint 2 time + ro-ou-ou-ou-oud goes the clock in a twinkling, half past 1 + time 4 t!!!
Hare: I only wish it was.
Alice: that would b grand certainly but then I shouldn't b hungry 4 it u know.
Hatter: but u could keep it 2 half past 1 as long as u liked.
Alice: is that the way u manage?
Hatter: not I! We quarreled last march just b4 he went mad (pointing 2 Hare with t-spoon) it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts + I had 2 sing (he sings artociously) "Twinkle twinkle little bat how I wonder what u're at!" u know the song perhaps?
Alice: I've heard something like it.
Hatter: it goes on in this way: (continuing 2 sing) "Up above the world u fly. Like a t-tray in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle…"
Dormouse: twinkle, twinkle, twinkle.
Hatter: (trying 2 ignore the interuption) well I had hardly finished the 1st verse when the Queen bawled out he's murdering the time. Off with his head!
Alice: How dreadfully savage
Hatter: + ever since that he won't do a thing I ask. It's always 6 o' clock now.
Alice: is that the reason so many t things r put out here?
Hatter: yes, that's it. Its always t-time + we've no time 2 wash the things b-tween the whiles.