Alice in Wonderland, adapted, produced and directed by Jonathan Miller.
Made for the BBC’s The Wednesday Play television series, first broadcast in 1966, and in a time-slot that confirmed that this was a production for adults, not children: and adults familiar with the story. There is no attempt to make the actors look like birds or beasts or anything other than Victorian Ladies and Gentlemen: we have to rely on animal sounds and on that really rare beast: acting.
Miller himself said:
“It is a film about children, not explicitly for them”
Cast:
| Alice | MALLIK, Ann-Marie |
| nurse | DOWIE, Freda |
| Alice’s sister | MAXWELL-MULLER, Jo |
| White Rabbit | BRAMBELL, Wilfrid |
| Mouse | BENNETT, Alan |
| Dodo | CURRIE, Finlay |
| Lory | DUNN, Geoffrey |
| Duck | ALLINGTON, Mark |
| Eaglet | EVANS, Nicholas |
| young Crab | JEBB, Julian |
| Caterpillar | REDGRAVE, Michael |
| Frog footman | BIRD, John |
| Fish footman | TRENT, Tony |
| Duchess | McKERN, Leo |
| Peppercook | ELGAR, Avril |
| Mad Hatter | COOK, Peter |
| March Hare | GOUGH, Michael |
| Dormouse | LAWSON, Wilfred |
| 1st Gardener | GOSTELOW, Gordon |
| 2nd Gardener | TRENT, Tony |
| Knave of Hearts | EYRE, Peter |
| Queen of Hearts | LEGGATT, Alison |
| King of Hearts | SELLERS, Peter |
| Mock Turtle | GIELGUD, John |
| Gryphon | MUGGERIDGE, Malcolm |
| Executioner | BATTLEY, David |
| Foreman of the Jury | LEWSON, Charles |
| Cheshire Cat (uncredited) | Primrose |
Music by Ravi Shankar.
Part of the production was filmed in the John Soanes museum: one of my favourite London secrets.
Amazon: Alice In Wonderland [1966] [DVD]
Alice in the Internet 
I have wanted to see this for ages. I’ve always been an enthusiast or interpretations of Alice…
It’s worth having a look at: it’s strangly cold and emotionless, but capture the dream-state very well.
I’ve added an Amazon link: £22 apparently…