In the booklet ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN OXFORD, Mavis Batey states that in 1863, LC viewed the 10th century illuminated Caedmon manuscripts, exhibited at the...
Bryan, there's nothing in the diaries that i can find for a visit to the Bodleian in 1863. As I read it Mavis Batey didn't actually say LC went there just that...
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No less the FOUR Alice products available from here which you can get autographed.They come via 3 CDs and a tape. Also songbooks and scripts. A mighty lot of...
I have just seen "Finding Neverland" the film about playwrite James M Barrie. A lovely, beautiful touching film. And I have decided that I think Lewis Carroll...
Keith, ... Looking at the text again, she doesn't actually say that he viewed the manuscripts but *does* say "Tenniel's illustration of the Anglo-Saxon ...
... Lewis Carroll suffered from his first press agents.... his relatives. I suspect that they didn't honor him. I am reasonably assured that they also didn't...
I would say he probably did go to the Bodleian and perhaps with Alice Liddell - I just have no proof of it. Keith ... From: "Bryan Talbot"...
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You just have to hope they never make a movie about Lewis Carroll.Imagine Morton Cohen as a technical advisor,going on about "nude photos". Or,as is usual with...
i think they could make a very good film on lewis carroll.it all depends on who is behind it and the chances are somebody writing and directing the film would...
Yes Lennon could have played Lewis Carroll-he it was who chose Carroll for the Sgt Pepper sleeve along with 3 others.But I would imagine he would have gone for...
One of the great Alice readers died the other day at 93. His Talking Book was issued in 1972 and is quite rare now. Fletcher was not only a great comedian but...
hi my name is Elizabeth Vidoni from oshkosh wi and im a 17 year old hs student. ive been a fan of Lewis carroll for about 5 years now and own many of his...
Xie Kitchin was named Alexandra after her godmother who was the Prioncess of Wales. Xie was simply a shortened version of this name. Keith ... From: elizabeth...
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Jan 5, 2005 6:18 am
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I think it was pronounced as EXIE-Alexandra is a terrible name for a girl its really like a guys name (Alexandar shortened to Alex)so Xie is a vast improvement...
I think a really nice film could be made about Lewis Carroll too. That was kind of my point. I am sure a sympathetic storyteller could dispell the myths of the...
Jim, So far as my readings of Carroll's life and subsequent early biographies are concerned, you are so right! Regards John Tufail ... From: Jim Buch To:...
Hi Richard! I appreciate your comments in the sense they were expressed. However, a 'smartarse' playwrite by the name of Denis Potter has already done the...
Deb, Nice thoughts and even better expressions! When I read the list as currently going it's great to see that what it actually happening is that people seem...
apparently lucy in the sky with diamonds was inspired by carroll too,this was a little bit i found on the net that might interest some people: John claimed...
It all comes down really to money or the potential as seen by the backers.I would think Jeff Bohem would be the best to do a Lewis Carroll biopic.Somebody with...
Though I'm no lover of Dennis Potter I will have to admit the DREAMCHILD movie was done in excellent taste and its not just me but no end of User Comments on ...
The actual inspiration re the title was because of a drawing his kid had done of a classmate.Years later the real Lucy was found but as far as I know the ...
Richard, it comes down to profitability rather than anything else. I see no reason to sanitise CLD but admit that telling it as it was would not make the ...
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Jan 5, 2005 4:57 pm
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Barrie sounds extremely weird from what I have read about him - my hair stood on end reading stuff he wrote about his mother, as it was not only sentimental...
... He'd be wonderful - especially with Fenella Fielding as Mrs Liddell! Think I'm talking a comedy here. Bryan _______________________________________________...
yes lucy in the sky came from a drawing by julian. but all the surreal lyrics and images created were not in the original picture, those were all lennons. ...
A friend in the US recently sent me a magazine she'd been saving for me for a while. I was blown away by the things in it. It's a craft magazine about paper...
I went to the Somerset Studio website you mentioned, and they have 5 different magazines. What is the title of the magazine with the Lewis Carrol material ?? ...