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March Hare

The March Hare (called Haigha in Through the Looking-Glass) is a character most famous for appearing in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

This article is about the fictional character. For other uses, see March Hare (disambiguation).

March Hare

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll

Haigha

Hare

Male

Host of the Mad Tea Party
Messenger

Wonderland

The main character, Alice, hypothesizes,


"Mad as a March hare" is a common British English phrase, both now and in Carroll's time, and appears in John Heywood's collection of proverbs published in 1546. It is reported in The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner that this proverb is based on popular belief about hares' behaviour at the beginning of the long breeding season, which lasts from February to September in Britain. Early in the season, unreceptive females often use their forelegs to repel overenthusiastic males. It used to be incorrectly believed that these bouts were between males fighting for breeding supremacy.[2]


Like the character's friend, the Hatter, the March Hare feels compelled to always behave as though it is tea-time because the Hatter supposedly "murdered the time" whilst singing for the Queen of Hearts. Sir John Tenniel's illustration also shows him with straw on his head, a common way to depict madness in Victorian times.[3][4] The March Hare later appears at the trial for the Knave of Hearts, and for a final time as "Haigha" (which is pronounced to rhyme with "mayor", according to Carroll, and a homophone of "hare" in a non-rhotic accent), the personal messenger to the White King in Through the Looking-Glass (Alice either does not recognize him as the March Hare of her earlier dream, or chooses not to comment about this).

March Hare

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Jerry Colonna
Jesse Corti (Bonkers)
Maurice LaMarche (House of Mouse)
Jeff Bennett (Kinect Disneyland Adventures, 2011-present)

Hare

Male

Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Tim Burton

Paul Whitehouse

Thackery Earwicket

March Hare

Hare

Male

Cook

Underland/Wonderland

The March Hare was played by in Alice in Wonderland.

Charlie Ruggles

In 's TV miniseries Alice, the March Hare is represented by the character Mad March, the Queen's favorite assassin. The Queen frequently had him killed, resulting in his head getting lost; the Carpenter replaces it with a robot rabbit head. Despite this, Mad March is still his old self, crass and (as liked by the Queen) a homicidal maniac.

SyFy

The March Hare is featured as the primary antagonist in the story "Tea Party in March" in the graphic novel Once Upon a Time: Out of the Past.

Once Upon a Time

In the song entitled "We Have Heaven" by the British rock group Yes, a lyric mantra is sung from beginning to end saying "Tell the Moon Dog, tell the March Hare...".

In the game , the March Hare is portrayed as a victim of the Mad Hatter's insane experimentation. Both the Hare and the Dormouse have become clockwork cyborgs. He also appears in the sequel, Alice: Madness Returns where he and the Dormouse betray the Hatter to aid in the Dollmaker's plans by constructing the Infernal Train.

American McGee's Alice

In the , Thackery Earwicket is a playable character. He uses his telekinesis to defeat the Bandersnatch.

video game adaptation of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

In the manga the March Hare is called Elliot March and is Blood Dupre's (the Hatter's) right-hand man. He isn't specifically crazy or mad, but has a quite violent attitude, almost killing Alice with his long-barrelled gun before being stopped by Blood.

Alice in the Country of Hearts

In the manga , the March Hare is a "Chain" whose "Contractor" is Reim Lunettes. It has the ability to fake death, which helps Reim to escape his attackers and proved to be so realistic that even his comrades have believed him really dead.

Pandora Hearts

In the song "Moral", she references the March Hare singing: "But you're frantic like the March Hare running round".

Annette Ducharme