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Through the Looking-Glass

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Lewis Carroll

Alice is back in Wonderland and things are more confusing than ever – Flowers talk, the White Queen cries before she pricks her finger, and there’s a life-sized chess game going on. Alice wants to play, but mostly wants to be queen. Will she make it to the eighth square?

A fantastical physical journey for both actor and audience.

A great companion to Alice by the same author.

Average Producer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
13 Characters
3 M3 F7 Any Gender, + Wonderland Ensemble
Set
Simple Set
Length
38 pages
Free Excerpt

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13 Characters

3 M, 3 F, 7 Any Gender, + Wonderland Ensemble

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

Alice [F] 162 lines
White Queen [F] 31 lines
Red Queen [F] 37 lines
White King [M] 21 lines
White Knight [M] 16 lines
Red Knight [M] 5 lines
Humpty Dumpty [A] 21 lines
Tweedledum & Tweedledee [A] 22, 16 lines
Haiga & Hatta [A] 7, 1 lines
Lion [A] 7 lines
Unicorn [A] 11 lines

Wonderland Ensemble, from which comes the following:
Flowers: Tiger-lily, Violet, Rose, Daisies (3), Larkspur
Passengers: Guard, Goat, Horse, White Paper, Beetle
The Wood
Sheep
The Curiosities in the Shop
All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men
Waiter

Praise for Through the Looking-Glass

5 out of 5 stars
Beth Goodwin
Central High School Drama Club
We had a lot of fun creating the Wonderland characters, figuring movement & scene changes, and developing all the other characters/scenes. This was an amazing play to perform, it gave my students such an opportunity to flex their creative muscles.
5 out of 5 stars
Juliet Cottrell
The Drama Workshop
We had so much fun with this play! The Wonderland parts were a perfect intro to choral speaking and chorus.
5 out of 5 stars
Paul Cooke
Haileybury International School Tianjin 天津黑利伯瑞国际学校
This was a wonderful play on so many levels. The script was fun and funny and the simplicity of the staging made life very easy.

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