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6 unusual facts about The Wind in the Willows


Bank of England Museum

Kenneth Grahame, the author of The Wind in the Willows, worked for 30 years at the Bank, rising to the rank of Secretary, and the museum has a permanent display which includes his dramatic resignation letter.

Harold Fraser-Simson

Fraser-Simson is also known for his many settings of children's verse by A. A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame, including the music for a children's play based on the latter's The Wind in the Willows entitled Toad of Toad Hall (1929), which was successful and enjoyed many revivals.

Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!

The name of the album was inspired by Mr. Toad from the famous children's book by Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows.

Jacqueline Kelly

Kelly has also written a sequel to The Wind in the Willows called Return to the Willows, published in October 2012.

Mary Shepard

She was the daughter of E. H. Shepard, a famous illustrator of children's literature including Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Healing Game

"Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" follows the children's book, The Wind in the Willows closely and Paddy Moloney plays uillean pipes with Phil Coulter on piano.


Angelmouse

It was narrated by David Jason who also voiced Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Hugo in Victor and Hugo, The BFG and Father Christmas in Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer.

Burbank Films Australia

In the years that followed, until 1988, Burbank adapted the works of many other well-known authors and legends, including Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers among many others.

Jamie Hendry

In 2011, Hendry announced he was developing a new musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows with book by Julian Fellowes and music & lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe.

Jan Needle

He has also written a sequel to The Wind in the Willows, called Wild Wood, which offered a critique of the politically conservative message of Kenneth Grahame's novel, by retelling the story from the perspective of the stoats and weasels who rebel against the established social order.

Loïc Jouannigot

Jouannigot was a silent partner with another French-born illustrator, Michel Plessix, in recent artwork for Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.

Mapledurham House

It is also reputed to have been the inspiration for E. H. Shepard's illustrations of Toad Hall for Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, although this is also claimed by Hardwick House.

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

The ride's story is based on Disney's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the two segments of the film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).

Ted Walker

Walker also wrote plays for Shaun McLaughlin in BBC radio drama and adapted Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1995) for TVC (Television Cartoons)' animated production with a voice cast including Alan Bennett, Rik Mayall, Michael Palin and Michael Gambon.


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