Mr Toad of Toad Hall green faced the main character in the 1908 novel. Portrait of Felicia (MR) with a green face, red scarf and chequered jacket. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Kendal, Cumbria, Mintfest, Kendal's International Festival of Street Arts, now in its seventh year. Ratty, Mole and Mr Toad at the Mintfest Street Arts Festival 2013, a Lakes Alive weekend event in the Lake District.
“Taken from the classic book ‘The wind in the Willows’, an enchanting and highly visual street theatre piece. The trio of friends have left the serene riverbank behind them, driving into an unknown adventure to discover what’s left of our green and pleasant land. An enchanting and highly visual street theatre performance featuring Toad's wonderful pedal powered car. Drawing inspiration from the classic Wind in the Willows book, the trio of friends have left the serene riverbank behind them, driving into an unknown adventure to discover what's left of our green and pleasant land. With Toad's spontaneous antics and loud attempts to involve everyone in his schemes, Ratty and Mole endeavour to find their way, stopping for a picnic and the odd satirical song. Watch out for physical comedy and chaos as they steer their way through any festival or event! The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. In 1908, Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. He moved back to Berkshire, where he had lived as a child and spent his time by the River Thames doing much as the animal characters in his book do—namely, as one of the phrases from the book says, "simply messing about in boats"— and expanding the bedtime stories he had earlier told his son Alistair into a manuscript for the book. The novel was in its thirty-first printing when playwright A. A. Milne adapted a part of it for the stage as Toad of Toad Hall in 1929. In 2003, The Wind in the Willows was listed at number 16 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
Size: 2400px × 3600px
Location: Kendal, Cumbria, UK.
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes
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