![]() (Carroll moves a pawn) You’re playing against yourself, aren’t you? Look! (Alice goes to the mantel and takes a pack of playing cards from the ledge) Here’s the King of Hearts and here’s his wife she’s the Queen of Hearts-isn’t she cross-looking? Wants to bite one’s head off. Why do people always play with Kings and Queens? Mother has them in her playing cards too. When you have traveled all along the board this way and haven’t been taken by the enemy you may be a Queen. Here you are (He points to a small white pawn) here you are in your little stiff skirt! I must keep them all in their right squares. It’s a foot apiece, that’s what it is! Do they hump along like this? See the crowns on their heads and look at their big feet. That’s the Red Queen and here’s the White Queen. Yes, here are the Kings and Queens they are fighting for. You see, Alice, the chess board is divided into sixty-four squares, red and white, and the white army tries to win, and the red army tries to win. What did you do then?Ī red pawn took a white pawn this way. Golden-haired Alice, in a blue dress, with a black kitten in her arms, stands watching him. More versions of Alice in Wonderland on Drama Notebook:Īlice and Wonderland Seussical Style Excerpt from the play: This script version combines the two stories and was written by Alice Gerstenberg and published in the book, A Treasury of Plays for Children, in 1921. The sequel, “Through the Looking-Glass”, was written in 1871. ![]() About the Playwright:Īlice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an English novel, written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. This is a traditional telling of the beloved story of Alice in Wonderland with all the characters you know and love. She encounters several queens, joins a mad tea party, listens to poetry, and is accused of stealing the Queen’s tarts. She soon falls asleep and is transported to Wonderland where she has many wondrous and bizarre adventures with illogical and strange creatures. This version of the play was written in 1921 and opens with Carroll explaining the game of chess to his niece Alice.
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