Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland is a musical pantomime by Henry Saville Clark (1841 - 1893) (book and lyrics) and Walter Slaughter (music), based, with Lewis Carroll's permission, on his books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The piece, billed as "A musical dream play in two acts", achieved considerable popularity. At Carroll's request, Slaughter retained the old tunes in the parodies such as "Bonny Dundee".

The pantomime opened on 23 December 1886 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. 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 this respect she was closely followed by a tiny mite, Miss Dorothy D'Alcort, who plays 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 piece was frequently revived over the next four decades.

Alice in Wonderland was produced by Theatre Works at the Vertigo Theatre June 2010, and was directed by Heather Drage, with musical direction by Scott Henderson.