The March hare
The March Hare (in the original: March Hare ) is a fictional character from Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland .
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The name is an allusion to the English phrases "mad as a march hare" or "mad as a hatter". March Hare seems extremely crazy and paranoid. He often throws things around. In Alice behind the mirrors , the March hare is referred to as Haigha . The "March Bunny" figure appears for the first time together with the mad hatter and the dormouse in the "tea party" in Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland , published in 1865, while the figure is not yet included in the manuscript version of the novel Alice's Adventures Under Ground .
Movie and TV
In the course of the many film adaptations of the Wunderland material, the March Hare was portrayed by numerous actors and voice actors:
| year | Movie | Actor of the March Hare |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Alice in Wonderland (1931) | Meyer Berensen |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland (1933) | Charles Ruggles |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | Jerry Colonna |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?) | Daws Butler |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland (1966) | Michael Gough |
| 1982 | Alice at the Palace | Mark Linn-Baker |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Paul Whitehouse |
Others
- In Tim Burton's version Alice in Wonderland (2010), the March rabbit is called Thackery Earwicket
- In the end-of-time film Mad Max , "The March Hare" is the nickname for one of the Main Force Patrol vehicles .
Web links
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Chapter VII: A Mad Tea-Party Full text, English
- The March Hare
- Illustrations from Disney and John Tenniel
Individual evidence
- ↑ The meaning and origin of the expression: As mad as a March hare. Retrieved June 18, 2018