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Denkmayr, T.; Geppert, H.; Sponar, S; Lemmel, H.; Matzkin, A.; Tollaksen, J; Hasegawa, Y. (29 July 2014). "Observation of a quantum Cheshire Cat in a matter-wave interferometer experiment". Nature Communications. 5: 4492. arXiv: 1312.3775. Bibcode: 2014NatCo...5.4492D. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5492. PMC 4124860. PMID 25072171. The Cheshire Cat character has been re-depicted by other creators and used as the inspiration for new characters, primarily in screen media (film, television, video games) and print media (literature, comics, art). Other non-media contexts that embrace the Cheshire Cat include music, business, and science. The first known appearance of the expression in literature is in the 18thcentury, in Francis Grose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Second, Corrected and Enlarged Edition (1788), which contains the following entry: The Cheshire Cat is now largely identified with the character of the same name in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice first encounters the Cheshire Cat at the Duchess's house in her kitchen, and later on the branches of a tree, where it appears and disappears at will, and engages Alice in amusing but sometimes perplexing conversation. The cat sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice; but appears to cheer her when it appears suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field; and when sentenced to death, baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body, sparking a debate between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether a disembodied head can indeed be beheaded. At one point, the cat disappears gradually until nothing is left but its grin, prompting Alice to remark that "she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat". [7] Oxford professor E.B. Pusey [ edit ] A 2015 article published in the Cheshire History journal examined these suggested origins, along with numerous others seen on the internet. [6] The author, Peter Young, considered most to be "inventive" but unlikely. In his analysis, the essential feature of any actual historical explanation would be one that demonstrated its innate connection to Cheshire: An idiom that retained the localism while spreading nationwide, would, in his view, need to be strongly connected to the county, in the minds of people elsewhere. For this reason, he favours the well-fed farm cats of Cheshire's dairying environment—a widely-known and well-promoted idea at the time the phrase arose—as the best candidate for the origin of the Cheshire Cat idiom.

Lewis Carroll and Anthony Browne, illustrator of an edition from Julia MacRae Books, wins the Kurt Maschler Award. [97]

Bill the Lizard may be a play on the name of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. [26] One of Tenniel's illustrations in Through the Looking-Glass—the 1871 sequel to Alice—depicts the character referred to as the "Man in White Paper" (whom Alice meets on a train) as a caricature of Disraeli, wearing a paper hat. [27] The illustrations of the Lion and the Unicorn (also in Looking-Glass) look like Tenniel's Punch illustrations of William Ewart Gladstone and Disraeli, although Gardner says there is "no proof" that they were intended to represent these politicians. [28] When thousands lined streets to meet royals". Warrington Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 18 September 2022. Gänzl, Kurt (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Vol.1 (2ded.). Schirmer Books. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0-02-864970-2. OCLC 45715912.

In episode 13 of the anime 'Ouran High School Host Club' the main character, Haruhi, takes on the role of Alice after falling down a hole trying to follow Usa-chan. There, in her own Wonderland, her friends also make an appearance similar to Wonderland characters (ex: Tamaki as the Mad Hatter; Mori as the Dormouse), and she also meets her mother (who has died). She later wakes up to find it was all just a dream. In the original manga, both Tamaki, the twins, and Haruhi (although the previous two are re-scripted as the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat, respectively), take on the role of Alice to begin with, with Honey taking the form of the white rabbit and Mori appearing as the baby. Gardner, Martin (February 1971), "On cellular automata, self-reproduction, the Garden of Eden and the game 'life' ", Scientific American, vol.224, no.2, 115–116, JSTOR 24927730

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Woody Allen's film Alice, while not a direct adaptation, did follow a woman who has a series of surreal adventures. Alice also appears as a college-attending teenager alongside Wendy Darling, Dorothy Gale, and Susan Pevensie in Chicago in 2005 and 2006, in the comic book series The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles. Alice also appears as an aging woman in Alan Moore's graphic novel, Lost Girls. The first full major production was Alice in Wonderland, an 1886 musical play in London's West End by Henry Savile Clarke and Walter Slaughter, which played at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Twelve-year-old actress Phoebe Carlo (the first to play Alice) was personally selected by Carroll for the role. [113] Carroll attended a performance on 30 December 1886, writing in his diary he enjoyed it. [114] The musical was frequently revived during West End Christmas seasons during the four decades after its premiere, including a London production at the Globe Theatre in 1888, with Isa Bowman as Alice. [115] [116] a b Morgan, James (29 July 2014). " 'Quantum Cheshire Cat' becomes reality". BBC News . Retrieved 24 September 2014. Roos, Michael (1984). "The Walrus and the Deacon: John Lennon's debt to Lewis Carroll". Journal of Popular Culture. 18 (1): 19–29. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1984.1801_19.x.