Dreaming in the water-meadow
... MR. TOAD of Toad Hall is so richly universal a character that I am surprised that he has not been detected by the astute Mr. Disney, an honour which sometimes proves disastrous and on occasion superb. Probably Mr. Disney's myopia is London's gain, for it has been left to the Stratford-on-Avon players to bring the character to town at the Princes Theatre with proper pomp, tempered by gentle ...