In 2013 he is playing the role of Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes' musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ĭouglas Hodge is a multi-award-winning English actor, with Olivier and Tony awards for his performance in La Cage aux Folles, and nominations for his leading roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls and Inadmissible Evidence. It belongs to the fantastic Mr Willy Wonka, and the adventure becomes even greater upon discovering they're not the only ones orbiting the Earth at that particular time. The 1972 sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, beginning directly where the previous book left off. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is an enchanting childrens book written by Roald Dahl. This audiobook features original music.Ĭharlie Bucket and his family are rushing around the Earth at seventeen-thousand miles an hour in a great glass elevator. Despite the fact that the beloved children’s novel is almost 50 years old, no one has taken on the project until now. Penguin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl's classic Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, read by the actor Douglas Hodge, who plays Willy Wonka in the hit musical adaptation of the book. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator First published: 1972 On-Screen Adaptations: 0 Netflix Release Date: TBA Taika Waititi will also be responsible for the very first on-screen adaptation of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

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