cover image Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll, , read by a full cast. . BBC Audio, $14.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-60283-660-0

The classic and an equally transporting imagining of the life of Alice Liddell Hargreaves.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll , read by a full cast. BBC Audio , two CDs, 2 hrs., $14.95 ISBN 978-1-60283-660-0

With strong performances from a stellar full cast, this dramatization of the beloved novel sends listeners tumbling down the rabbit hole and into a world of magic, mushrooms, anthropomorphic animals and adventure. Chasing the White Rabbit, growing and shrinking in size, and meeting a menagerie of oddballs—the dotty Mad Hatter, the lugubrious Mock Turtle, and the homicidal Queen of Hearts—Alice attempts to navigate the strange world without losing her head—literally and figuratively. With Sarah-Jane Holm as Alice, Roy Hudd as the Mad Hatter, and David Bamber as the White Rabbit—all of whom sound as if they're thoroughly enjoying themselves—the cast transports the listener into an alternative universe with perfectly scored incidental music and fantastic sound effects. An energetic and delightfully zany rendition of the classic. (Jan.)