Great Performances : Alice in Wonderland (1983)
Directed by Kirk Browning
Genres - Visual Arts, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Children's Fantasy, Family-Oriented Adventure, Filmed Play |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
Part of the Broadway Theater Archives, this stage production of Lewis Carroll's children's fantasy Alice in Wonderland was directed by Kirk Browning. Kate Burton plays young Alice, the little girl who wanders into a bizarre wonderland that just gets more and more curious. Her real-life father, Richard Burton, plays the White Knight. Also starring Eve Arden as the Queen of Hearts, Maureen Stapleton as the White Queen, and Donald O'Connor as the Mock Turtle. Broadway star Nathan Lane can also be seen in one of his earliest roles as the Dormouse. Alice in Wonderland was originally broadcast on PBS in 1983 as an episode of Great Performances.
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Broadway, performer, play [drama], stage, theater, theater-troupe
