Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.
The books, in order of publication, are:
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)
- The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)
- Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1923)
- Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924)
- Doctor Dolittle's Zoo (1925)
- Doctor Dolittle's Caravan (1926)
- Doctor Dolittle's Garden (1927)
- Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928)
- Gub-Gub's Book, An Encyclopaedia of Food (1932)
- Doctor Dolittle's Return (1933)
- Doctor Dolittle's Birthday Book (1936)
- Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (1948)
- Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary (1950)
- Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (1952)
Adaptations
The Doctor Dolittle stories have inspired a number of versions in other mediums:
- A 1928 silent animated short by Lotte Reiniger, Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere (Doctor Dolittle and his Animals)
- A 1933-34 NBC radio series.
- A 1967 film musical starring Rex Harrison. See Doctor Dolittle (movie).
- A 1970-72 animated cartoon, The Further Adventures of Doctor Dolittle.
- A 1970s stage play by Olga Fricker, Hugh Lofting's sister-in-law.
- A series (1995-2001) of BBC audio books read by Alan Bennett.
- A 1998 film and its 2001 sequel, both starring Eddie Murphy. See Doctor Dolittle (movie).
- A 1998-1999 stage musical by Leslie Bricusse.
External links
- Project Gutenberg e-text of The Story of Doctor Dolittle
- Project Gutenberg e-text of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle