Alice in Wonderland is a musical by H. Saville Clark (1841-1893) (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,Alice in Wonderland will not appeal to the children a...
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Alice in Wonderland is a musical by H. Saville Clark (1841-1893) (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,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...
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