Walter Slaughter
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Walter Alfred Slaughter was an English conductor and composer of musical comedy, comic opera and children's shows. He was engaged in the West End as a composer and musical director from 1883 to 1904.
Walter Alfred Slaughter 1892
Walter Slaughter - 1891 caricature
Theatre poster for The French Maid, 1897
Alice in Wonderland is a musical by Henry Savile Clarke and Walter Slaughter, based on Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. It debuted at the Prince of
Walter Slaughter
…Sly and Shy (1883), The Casting Vote (1885) and Marie's Honeymoon (1885), he wrote the score for what became the most successful musical version of Alice in Wonderland, in 1886, to a book and lyrics by Henry Savile Clarke. He also wrote a work called Sappho that year for the Opera Comique, which was not as well received…
Programme for the original production of Alice in Wonderland (1886)
Phoebe Carlo as Alice, Edgar Norton as Hare, Dorothy D'Alcourt as Dormouse and Sydney Harcourt as Hatter in the original production (1886)
1898 revival: Rose Hersee talking to the White Rabbit
Score for Alice in Wonderland (1906)