(Original illustration by Henry Holiday)
Due to the recent broadcast of the 2015 BBC radio adaptation of the Hunting of the Snark, I have been trying to fill out Snark adaptations on the adaptation list.
I have found waay too many radio readings, another radio adaptation (from 2000), and limited info on a BBC 1937 TV adaptation.
There's also a curious radio documentary from 1992 which explores the various meanings people have tried to attach to the poem.
For some reason 1937 is NOT in the archive genome at the BBC, although everything else is!
This research has also prompted me to revisit the odd and very '80s Mike Batt musical, which was filmed and can be watched on youtube (and listened to on spotify). On more research I found photos from the 1990 musical flop. Some of which include Lewis Carroll as a narrator character.
Also I have had this song stuck in my head for a while now.
Sources:
Afternoon Play: The Hunting of the Snark - BBC Radio 4 FM - 27 December 2000 - BBC Genome. (2020). Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b20b460c2d894e7c81763176fed27a89
The Children's Hour - 5WA Cardiff - 12 December 1927 - BBC Genome. (2020). Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/47a1b7204979497db76f19ce8821f23d
The Hunting of the Snark - BBC Radio 3 - 4 May 1992 - BBC Genome. (2020). Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/511f4aeded1b47ec9618ada79e153387
The Hunting of the Snark - BBC Radio 3 - 4 May 1992 - BBC Genome. (2020). Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/511f4aeded1b47ec9618ada79e153387
The Hunting of the Snark 1937 photo BBC. (2020). Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cp0l9/p03cp0b4
The Hunting of The Snark Mike Batt concert 1987. Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKitp2gmRas
The Pig must die, The Hunting of the Snark, Mike Batt, 1987 recording. Retrieved 13 January 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJwRsfn8S8&feature=youtu.be
