Alice Liddell’s birthday
Happy birthday, Alice Liddell!
The real Alice was born on May 4th, 1852. The 4th of May is therefore also the day Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland takes place!
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Happy Easter!
Happy Easter, everyone! Although most of us will be staying inside during the Easter holiday because of corona, you can still enjoy an Alice in Wonderland themed Easter.
How about painting your eggs in Alice in Wonderland theme?
And of course, don’t forget to read Lewis Carroll’s Easter Greeting.
Image from T3hwin.com, author unknown
Exhibition: “Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser”
Only three more months until the Victoria and Albert Museum in London will open their long awaited Alice in Wonderland exhibition. Tickets are available since today!
The exhibition explores the “origins, adaptations and reinventions” of the story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and “charts the evolution of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from manuscript to a global phenomenon beloved by all ages”.
The exhibition is set up as a theatrical show, which means that there will be theatrical sets, large digital projections and ‘immersive environments’. There will be over 300 objects to explore, related to film, performance, fashion, art, music and photography.
2nd Centenary of John Tenniel’s birth
Today is the birthday of John Tenniel, illustrator of both original ‘Alice’ books.
Sir John Tenniel was born on 28 February 1820 – which was exactly 200 years ago.
It was amongst others Tenniel’s black and white line drawings that made the ‘Alice’ books so popular. His illustrations are still appreciated nowadays.
Alice in Wonderland shops around the world
There are several shops completely dedicated to Alice in Wonderland products – and not just in the United Kingdom! If you’re in one of the area’s mentioned below, be sure to pay those shops a visit.
Alice’s Shop / “The Old Sheep Shop” (Oxford, UK)
The most famous Alice in Wonderland shop is of course the souvenir shop in Oxford, which was actually encorporated into ‘Through the Looking Glass’! The little shop is literally stuffed to the brim with all kinds of Alice in Wonderland souvenirs. It is located directly in front of Christ Church, where Lewis Carroll and Alice lived, so you can combine a visit to these historical and fun places!
Location: 83 St Aldates, Oxford, UK – https://aliceinwonderlandshop.com/
Lewis Carroll’s 188th birthday
Happy un-unbirthday, Lewis Carroll! Today the author of the ‘Alice’ books would have turned 188 years old.
According to the Nursery ‘Alice’, he would have liked a bowl of oatmeal-porrige best today. So here’s one to you, Mr. Carroll!
“Do you know, one day we remembered it was Dash’s birthday that day. So we said “let’s give Dash a nice birthday-treat, like what we have on our birthdays!’ So we thought and we thought “Now, what is it we like best of all, on our birthdays?’ And we thought and we thought. And at last we all called out together “Why, it’s oatmeal-porridge, of course!’
Limited Edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, signed by Alice, for sale
A limited edition copy of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is for sale on eBay. It is special, because it was signed by the real Alice.
In 1932 there was a celebration of the centenary of Lewis Carroll’s birth. Alice Liddell (by then married and named Alice Hargreaves) received an honorary degree from Columbia University, for which she traveled to New York. For this centenary, a limited edition of 1500 hardcover books was published, which were all signed by Alice (and also by the typographer and binder, Frederic Ward).
