The Hunting of the Snark (musical) The Hunting of the Snark (musical) The Hunting of the Snark is a musical based on Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark", written by composer Mike Batt. The musical began life in 1984 as a costumed concert with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, conducted by Mike Batt and starring Paul Jones as the Baker and Christopher Casenove as the narrator. It was created as a concept album in 1986 but withheld from sale after a dispute with the record label, CBS (Sony). The recording featured Roger Daltrey, Art Garfunkel, John Gielgud, Stephane Grappelli, George Harrison, John
A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford of Lewis Carroll has been sourced to paintings: "The White Knight echoes Millais's "Sir Isumbras at the Ford". " A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford (1857) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting a medieval knight helping two young peasant children over a swollen river. The children are carrying heavy burdens of wood for winter fuel. Though the title refers to the medieval poem "Sir Isumbras", the painting does not illustrate a scene from the original text. However Millais's friend, the writer Tom Taylor, wrote