Miss Gerstenberg's manuscript called for costumes after the illustrations of John Tenniel, and scenery of the simple imaginative type, the "new art in the theater. Alice in Wonderland ACT I SCENE ONE ALICE'S home. LEWIS CARROLL is discovered, playing chess. Golden-haired ALICE, in a little blue dress, a black kitten in her arms, stands watching him. ALICE That's a funny game, uncle. What did you do then? CARROLL A red pawn took a white pawn; this way. You see, Alice, the chessboard is divided into sixty-four squares, red and white, and the white army tries to win and the red army tries to win. It's like a battle! With soldiers? ALICE CARROLL Yes, here are the Kings and Queens they are fighting for. That's the Red Queen and here's the White Queen. |