Peter and Alice

Read in one sitting. Subtle, thought provoking and moving. Alice Liddell Hargreaves and Peter Llewelyn Davies are two people who I will definitely have to look into further. Absolutely fascinating and but also heartbreaking to see how scarred these two people were, in particular Peter, by the characters which the rest of us love so dearly.Would have loved to have seen the production of this staring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw. A great read.

4.5 stars.

Simply brilliant.

This must have been a wonderful performance.

Absolutely stunning and heart wrenching. Alice and Peter meet and you learn more about their own stories, of the people behind the characters. So beautiful, wish I could see this play

3,5 " In the place called Adulthood, there's precious few golden afternoons. They've gone away to make away for other things like business and housekeeping and wanting eveyone to be the same. [...] It's grim and shabby. There are no Mad Hatteras and there are no Cheshire Cats, for they can't endure the suffering of the place " I'm heartbroken. Truly and absolutely. Peter Pan and Alice have always had a special place in my heart, for I found their worlds to be immortal and sublime for the whole eternity. Wonderland and Neverland, the edges of magic of this universe. This play is kind of what happened after the books reached their endings. After their paths left the scenery of fairytale and were force to face the tragedy of reality. Although I knew that there was a source of inspiration for both of these stories, I never went into details. The real Alice and the real Peter grew up and were made to face the cruelty of this act. War happened. And it shattered their immortality. It hurt me deeply to find out the real Peter came to hate being associated with its character. But I guess it couldn't be helped. The play is beautiful and whimsical, making a parallel of the reality and the fairytale, intertwining them through marvelous quotes from the actual stories, creating a play at the border of reality and fantasy. I really did enjoy reading it, I think it would have been marvelous to see it on stage. Truly magical and heart wrecking. What did bother me were the accusations placed on L. Carroll. He's someone I truly admire, and making a fact from some silly rumors truly upset me, as this play did a very good job at staying true to the history, until it didn't. While it didn't truly bother others, it did bother me. As being said, I do recommend it to anyone who loved these tales and actually knows the history behind it. Otherwise, I think it would be better to read about the real Alice and the real Peter a little before you get into it, to save yourself from any sad and surprising events contained in this play.