Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

More on Alice by Unsuk Chin

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

The International Herald Tribune has a review of Unsuk Chin’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice which reveals problems with Achim Freyer’s staging: One might have deemed the book universally known, but it apparently escaped Freyer’s upbringing in East Germany. He … Continue reading →

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Alice in Wonderland by Unsuk Chin

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Korean composer Unsuk Chin‘s opera based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland was premiered on 30 June at the Munich festival and has been favourably reviewed in the Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. More information, including a photogallery and … Continue reading →

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The Bong Tree – Again

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Over at the Language Log Bill Poser has a post, prompted by the recent Supreme Court decision on “Bong hits 4 Jesus,” on the different meanings of “bong”. In a previous post I connected the “bong tree” to the Buddha’s … Continue reading →

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Another Owl and Pussy-Cat Reading

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s most famous poem is performed by the “amazing” Kazzy, with limited animation: The Owl and the PussycatCaricato da norrisnuvo

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The Dong with a Luminous Nose: A Theatrical Adaptation

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

From an e-mail from Shipra Ogra, Administrator of the London Bubble Theatre Company: London Bubble Theatre company is showing Edward Lear’s “The Dong with a Luminous Nose” as part of theatre in the parks we do every summer. We will … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Drolleries

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Some time ago I placed William Foster’s illustrations from Nonsense Drolleries. The Owl & the Pussy-cat. The Duck & the Kangaroo. London: Frederick Warne, 1889 in the nonsenselit.org’s picture gallery: their most striking feature, in my opinion, is the fact … Continue reading →

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Lewis Carroll on Edward Lear

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

I mentioned in a previous post that Edward Lear’s copy of Alice in Wonderland is now in the USA, that he discussed the book with Fortescue (though we do not know what he thought of it), and that his circle … Continue reading →

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More UPA: Christopher Crumpet

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

There are a lot of UPA cartoons on YouTube; I had never seen Christopher Crumpet (1953), another story drawn in a pseudo-simple style reminiscent of Edward Lear with a largely nonsensical tale by T. Hee and Robert Cannon. The cartoon … Continue reading →

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The Unicorn in the Garden

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

James Thurber‘s drawings, once extremely popular, place him firmly in the tradition of Edward Lear’s apparently childish illustration, while his stories tend to be mildly satiric or parodistic. One of the most famous of these, The Unicorn in the Garden, … Continue reading →

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An Edward Lear Self-Caricature

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Here is a typical Edward Lear caricature self-portrait I saved from an eBay auction a few months ago (starting price was GBP750.00 with an estimate of 1,500-2,000): The speech bubble contains a message to Evelyn Baring, first Earl of Cromer … Continue reading →

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