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The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets into trouble. It also details short stories about them that are disconnected from the main narrative.
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In October 1908, The Wind in the Willows was published as a novel for children featuring an array of anthropomorphic characters, including Rat (a water vole), Mole, Badger and Toad. [3] Toad lives in a house on the edge of the River Bank, Toad Hall. The novel was almost universally condemned by critics, but achieved very considerable sales. [4]
Charles Nelson Reilly - The Wind in the Willows [9] Rik Mayall - The Wind in the Willows. He won an Emmy Award for the role. [10] Terry Jones - The Wind in the Willows [8] Matt Lucas - The Wind in the Willows [8] Peter Harryson - on stage. [11] Nathan Lane The Wind in the Willows (1985 stage musical) [12]
Toad of Toad Hall is a play written by A. A. Milne – the first of several dramatisations of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows – with incidental music by Harold Fraser-Simson. It was originally produced by William Armstrong at the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, on 21 December 1929.
Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 at 32 Castle Street in Edinburgh.His parents were James Cunningham Grahame (1830–1887), advocate, and Elizabeth Ingles (1837–1864).). When Grahame was a little more than a year old, his father was appointed as sheriff-substitute in Argyllshire, and the family moved to Inveraray on Loch Fyne with Grahame, his older sister, Helen, and his older brother ...
Works based on The Wind in the Willows (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "The Wind in the Willows" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Wind in the Willows is a play based on the 1908 children's novel of the same name by Kenneth Grahame, adapted for the stage by Alan Bennett, with music by Jeremy Sams. Production history [ edit ]