A MAJOR staging of one of the most revolutionary pieces of children's literature is to be performed by The Royal Shakespeare Company.

As part of the new family production for the coming winter, the company is to perform Lewis Carroll's fantastical novels Alice in Wonderland.

Adrian Mitchell, whose work includes the RSC's adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1998, has created a new dramatisation of the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Published in 1865 and 1872, the books were originally told as stories but have since become firm favourites amongst adults and children alike, prompting numerous musical, television, film and theatre adaptations.

Designed by Peter McKintosh, the play will be directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, who makes her main-stage debut with the RSC.

During the summer, she has been directing Love's Labour's Lost at The Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, where she directed acclaimed productions of Much Ado About Nothing last year and A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1997 and 1998.

For more information on the production, which will be performed at Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre between Thursday, November 29, and March next year contact the box office on 01789 403403.