A giant Alice dancing with talking flowers mark Lewis Carroll’s book anniversary in Oxford

Record ID: 1624863

  • Title: A giant Alice dancing with talking flowers mark Lewis Carroll’s book anniversary in Oxford
  • Date: 3rd July 2021
  • Summary: OXFORD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 3, 2021) (REUTERS) GIANT PUPPET IN THE SHAPE OF ALICE AND ACTORS DRESSED IN COSTUMES INSPIRED BY TALKING FLOWERS DANCING IN STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL ALICE PUPPET'S FACE VARIOUS OF ALICE PUPPET, TALKING FLOWERS AND CHILDREN DANCING
  • Embargoed: 17th July 2021 17:34
  • Keywords: Alice Alice in Wonderland Alice's Day Lewis Carroll Oxford Through the Looking-Glass
  • Location: OXFORD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: OXFORD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Books,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EKACL7D
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A street theatre featuring a giant puppet of Alice and talking flowers marked the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass' and 'What Alice Found There' in the English city of Oxford on Saturday (July 3).
    A host of events held in different local venues celebrated all things Alice in Wonderland on Oxford's annual Alice's Day festival, attracting young visitors to share the magic of Carroll's creations.
    Some events were held online to allow participation in line with England's COVID-19 restrictions.
    Lewis Carroll - also known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford's Christ Church, and some of the animals, friends and places around Oxford became incorporated in the stories he created, Oxford University Museum of Natural History explains.
    'Through the Looking Glass', published in December 1871, tells of Carroll's much-loved heroine Alice going through a mirror and then travelling back in time to help her friend, the flamboyant Mad Hatter.
    It was the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and is known as the first of the Alice stories to have gained widespread popularity.
    (Production: Matthew Childs, Yvonne Bell, Avivit Delgoshen)
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