The March Hare

Image: “The March Hare” by Scott Gustafson (from his Alice Collection).

See also the previous posts:
• The March Hare of Wonderland
• A Computer-Animated March Hare
• Thackery Earwicket
• More Tea?
• The March Hare (2019)

The March Hare

See also the previous posts:
• The March Hare of Wonderland
• More Tea?
• A Computer Animated March Hare
• Thackery Earwicket

Image: Artist unknown. (Source)

Thackery Earwicket

The character of the March Hare appears in director Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice in Wonderland, voiced by Paul Whitehouse.

His full name is Thackery Earwicket, and his behavior is constantly nerve wracked and completely delirious. He also has a strong Scottish accent, possibly to match his friend the Mad Hatter (played by Johnny Depp) who switches into a Scottish accent as well whenever his emotions are strained.



The March Hare is first seen in the Tea Party scene, which takes place in the ruined grounds of his Hare House. He is shown having tea with Tarrant Hightop, the Mad Hatter; Mallymkun, the Dormouse; and Chessur, the Cheshire Cat. He is seen a second time in the White Queen's kitchen, frantically cooking and throwing dishes. He is then seen a third time in the Frabjous Day scene, standing with the other characters, and wielding a ladle as his weapon as he waits somewhat nervously to go into battle.

More Tea?

Tim Burton's fantasy adventure film Alice in Wonderland opens today in the U.S.

An extension of the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Burton's film uses a technique combining live action and animation.

The character of the March Hare is computer animated and voiced by Paul Whitehouse.


See also the previous posts:
The March Hare of Wonderland
A Computer Animated March Hare

A Computer Animated March Hare

According to Wikipedia, the character of The March Hare in Tim Burton’s upcoming film Alice in Wonderland, will be computer animated and voiced by Paul Whitehouse.

Wikipedia also notes the following about Burton’s film.

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A sequel to Lewis Carroll’s original stories, the movie has Alice Kingsley, now 19, attending a party at a Victorian estate, only to find she is about to be proposed to marriage by a rich suitor in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited many years before, though she doesn’t remember it. The White Rabbit claims to have come back for Alice because she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen’s empire. Alice remains completely unaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that she had once visited Wonderland years before. She then embarks — assuming both large and small sizes — on an adventure of self discovery and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.



. . . Burton's fantasy-adventure film is an extension to the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film will use a technique combining live action and animation. Mia Wasikowska plays the role of Alice, alongside Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, and Crispin Glover as The Knave of Hearts.


See also the previous post, The March Hare of Wonderland.

The March Hare of Wonderland

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. “Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,” thought Alice; “only, as it’s asleep, I suppose it doesn’t mind.”

The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: “No room! No room!” they cried out when they saw Alice coming.

“There’s PLENTY of room!” said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table.


“Have some wine,” the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. “I don’t see any wine,” she remarked.

“There isn’t any,” said the March Hare.

“Then it wasn’t very civil of you to offer it,” said Alice angrily.

“It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited,” said the March Hare.


– Excerpted from Chapter 7 of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Image 1: Gwynedd M. Hudson, 1922.
Image 2: Arthur Rackham, 1907.
Image 3: Sir John Tenniel, 1865.