Lewis CarrollTHROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS And What AliceFound There Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There — thesequel to Alice in Wonderland — is in some ways more ambitious and moreconsciously organized than its predecessor. Unlike most sequels, it is at leastas good as the original work. As the title suggests, the fantasy world involvesreversal or inversion through reflection, and also includes a more-or-lesspossible game of chess in which the characters themselves are players. Alicedoes not dream her way into the story, but instead gains access through thepower of her imagination, melting through the Looking-Glass into that worldwhich is always at least partly visible in it. Carroll also introduces into hissecond story a character more sympathetic than any in ‘Wonderland’, and perhapsbased on himself — the charming and absurd White Knight, whose inventionsinclude anklets for horses ‘to guard against the bites of sharks’. Notes by Perry Keenlyside Fiona Shaw Fiona Shaw has won the Olivier Award for Best Actress fourtimes, as well as a clutch of other awards, for her roles in As You Like It,Electra, The Good Person of Sechuan, Hedda Gabler and Machinal. Herinterpretation of Richard II was widely acclaimed, as is her work in films suchas My Left Foot, Jane Eyre and Anna Karenina.