Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Summary: 1948 BBC live studio production for Christmas Day of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, an adaptation of Herbert M. Prentice’s play.
Theatre play: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Herbert M. Prentice [more information]
Play synopsis: This dramatisation of the 1865 novel of the same name by Lewis Carroll tells the story of a girl called Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world (Wonderland) where she meets a host of anthropomorphic creatures.
Production history: Herbert M. Prentice’s play Alice in Wonderland premiered at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 1947 (source: http://www.nypl.org/ead/4614, accessed 12 November 2012).
Date of transmission: Saturday 25 December 1948
Time: 8.30-10.15pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

John Glyn-Jones

Playwright

Herbert M. Prentice

Adapted for Television by

John Glyn-Jones

Original Book by

Lewis Carroll

Music

Alfred Reynolds

Orchestra Directed by

Alfred Reynolds

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Dances Arranged by

Sheila Rawle

Cast

Origination: Live from studio
Vision original: Monochrome
Later transmissions: Presented again at 3.00pm on Thursday 30 December 1948.
Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: adaptation of novel; fantasy

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