Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
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"All children, except one, grow up."
So begins the journey of Wendy, John, and Michael Darling as they follow Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, to a world where fairies live and children can fly. But beware--dangers abound in this magical land of mermaids, Indians, and fairy dust.
There's always an adventure to be had in Neverland. so come along with the Darling children as they soar into the night sky "second star to the right and straight on till morning."
About the Author J.M. Barrie
(from Wikipedia) Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 - 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. Most people remember him for inventing the character of Peter Pan, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys.
Born in Kirriemuir, Angus the second-youngest of ten children, Barrie received his formal education at The Glasgow Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He became a journalist in Nottingham then in London and became a novelist and subsequently a playwright.
Made a baronet in 1913, Barrie lies buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents, sister, and elder brother David who had died in a skating accident just before his 14th birthday.
Childhood
JM Barrie's family were Scottish weavers; he was the ninth child of ten. When he was 6, his 13-year old older brother David, his mother's favourite, died in a skating accident on the eve of his 14th birthday. His mother never recovered from the loss, and ignored JM. For example, when he would enter a room and see his mother, she would always say "David, is that you? Could it be you?" and when she realized that it was JM, she would say "Oh, it's only you." His father would not interact at all with the children. As a result of extreme neglect, and probable psychological abuse, JM suffered from psychogenic dwarfism. He stopped growing and never reached puberty. As an adult he did not grow beyond
4'10".
Literary career
Barrie set his first novels in Kirriemuir which he referred to as "Thrums" (his father worked as a weaver). Barrie often wrote dialogue in Scots. He subsequently wrote for the theatre including Quality Street (1901), What Every Woman Knows (1908), and The Admirable Crichton (1902). His last play, The Boy David (1936), dramatized the Biblical story of King Saul and the young David. Like the role of Peter Pan the role of David was played by a woman - Elisabeth Bergner. Barrie also authored a Savoy opera, Jane Annie (1893), with his friend Doyle.
His Thrums novels were hugely successful when they were published starting with Auld Licht Idylls (1888). Next came A Window in Thrums (1889), and The Little Minister (1891). His two 'Tommy' novels Sentimental Tommy and Tommy and Grizel came in 1896 and 1902 and dealt with themes much more explicitly related to what would become Peter Pan. The first appearance of Pan came in The Little White Bird (1901).
In 1891 Barrie wrote Ibsen's Ghost, a parody of Henrik Ibsen's drama Ghosts which had just been performed for the first time in England under the Independent Theatre Society led by J. T. Grein. Barrie's play was first performed on May 31 at Toole's Theatre in London. Barrie seemed to appreciate Ibsen's merits; even William Archer, the translator of Ibsen's works into English, enjoyed the humor of the play and recommended it to others.
Peter Pan had its first stage performance on 27 December 1904. In 1924 he specified that the copyright of the play should go to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The current status of the copyright is complex. See Peter Pan Copyright Status.
Barrie, along with a number of other playwrights, was involved in the 1909 and 1911 attempts to challenge the censorship of the Lord Chamberlain over play production in London.
When his older brother died his mother blamed him for being the survivor and he lived the rest of his life in an imaginary state refusing to deal with the harsh reality of his life leading to the development of the character Peter Pan
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