Before embarking on our Alice season, we thought a little context on the books, the play, and the biography of the major players would be relevant (for us as well as you, dear listener). So we welcome Carrolian scholar Justine Houyaux to talk about the writing of Charles Dodgeson, his friendship with Alice Liddell, and the adaptation by Robert Wilson, Paul Schmidt, Kathleen Brennan and... who's the other guy?
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
There's Only Alice, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)
Untitled (Barcarolle), The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)
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Alice Documentary, The Late Show (BBC, UK) - via YouTube (1992)
Alice Documentary, unknown origin - via YouTube (1992)
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland with Angelika Zirker, Virginie Iché, and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Forum, BBC Sounds (2017)
Justine Houyaux' website for further reading
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