| "Alice in Wonderland" is an adventurous play for an amateur group .. and ... (it) had its successes and its failures. .... |
| . Successes were individual and numerous. Jacquie Russell, in her first appearance with the group, was outstanding as the Duchess, all riding-boots and Roedean. She attacked her part, her colleagues and her audience with great gusto and a confidence that smacked of experience and capability. |
| .... Margaret Tweedy.. was delightfully Tenniel-like as Alice .... Neil Saunders.. was splendidly neurotic as the harassed White Rabbit, and Len Evans was accomplished in support as the rustic Bill Lizard and the Irish Five of Spades .... Notable also was the young Dormouse played by Clive Saunders who doubled as the Two of Spades .... in addition to his direction and script-work, Ian Wallace took two key roles, the antiquarian and lachromose Mock Turtle, and the effete and Muggeridgey Caterpillar .... |
| .... an ingenious, all-purpose, skeleton set, into which pre-fabricated segments could be slotted to suggest a different scene ... This worked well and, on occasion, very well ... but the fantasy element .. was somehow lost. .... |
| .... It wasn't the fault of Ian Wallace's adaption or direction. It was simply the fault of circumstance, the inevitable concomitant of a stage translation .... |
AJW : Harrow Observer & Gazette : December 1968 |