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Isa Bowman as the part of Alice in 1888. Isa Bowman (1874–1958) was an actress, a close friend of Lewis Carroll and author of a memoir about his life, The Story of Lewis Carroll, Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland.
Isa Bowman was the daughter of Charles Andrew Bowman (b. 1851), a music teacher, and Helen Herd, née Holmes. Her sisters, Empsie, Nellie (Mrs Spens) and Maggie (Mrs Tom Morton) Bowman were all actresses, and also friends of Carroll. According to Maggie's father-in-law, William Morton, the sisters were all actresses from a very early age.
The introductory poem contains a double acrostic on the name "Isa Bowman", one of Carroll's child friends. Plot summary and major themes Plot overview. There are two strands to the plot: the conspiracy against the Warden of Outland, instigated by the Sub-Warden and Chancellor, and the love of a young doctor, Arthur, for Lady Muriel.
- Lewis Carroll
- xxiii + 400pp, xxxi + 423pp
- 1889
- 13 December 1889, 29 December 1893
Isa Bowman was born on September 2, 1874 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Vote for Huggett (1949). She was previously married to George Reginald Bacchus. She died on September 29, 1958 in St. John's Hill, Wandsworth, London, England, UK.
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Aug 5, 2021 · Isa Bowman (1874 – 1958) was an actress, a close friend of Lewis Carroll and author of a memoir about his life, The Story of Lewis Carroll. Quotes [edit] The Story of Lewis Carroll (1899) [edit] It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved. Page 1.
Nov 2, 2015 · In her memoir, The Story of Lewis Carroll Told For Young People By The Real Alice In Wonderland, Carroll's young friend Isa Bowman describes a man whose behaviour might feel uncomfortable viewed from the 21st century; and a man who found the fame of being the author of Alice In Wonderland too much to take. This is an edited extract from her memoir.
Dec 22, 2013 · Yep, Vote for Huggett (1949) featured Isa (then 75), her sisters Nellie and Empsie Bowman, and former child star Petula Clark (17, singing “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree”). Also in the cast were David Tomlinson (George Banks in Mary Poppins ), popular screen beauty Diana Dors (18), and Anthony Newley. Based on the radio series Meet the ...
