I never saw a screen/stage version look like what I thought was Peter. As for Barrie's image of him, I wondered what his older brother, David looked liked. My mental version sometimes leaned for a young Barnaby Holm (who played George in The Lost Boys) and for a young Ned Birkin (Andrew's son, who played Tom in The Cement Garden). Both boys have a glint of the devil.

That simple and provoking question that smiles asked really moved me for some reason. I dunno anything much, and certainly can't respond or express for Andrew in the past or what he goes through in the now, so i'm just commenting on and listening out like everyone else here.

But from just recalling all i've heard over the last years regarding Barrie, i think it may have been even more than that the story grew deeper and continued. Yea, Wendy, he came understand not just the death, but whole story in new ways. Even in Andrew's awesome thoughts and comments on this website, there's an understanding for Barrie and everything else in the universe that's always in the state becoming. I still love the biography as it is in documented form and dramization of the film, but i feel Andrew's heart in his words now so full of maltitudes complimenting and breaking away all these pasts and futures. But still, the reality of what connected/seperated Andrew and Barrie is nothing that is dully repeated to the point of becoming sentimental or memorilized with a posh gravestone or whatever Barrie and so many dead flyers had to get their memories made into. Despite how the world of ceremonies and blah can do that to these wonders, AB in his curious and open and noble savage heart dosen't get lost to that and live in boredom. This death and anxious rebith is not only a story or memory that happened, but is happening within and without him and everyone...

"I spent so much time trying to emphasize Barrie's grief at the death of Michael, but when it finally came to me, it was nothing like I imagined at all...only the initial howl of anguish was the same to repeated rhythmically of the succeeding months, but interwoven with a sense of…well there really isn’t a word to describe, but a sense of privilege comes close. Barrie spent 2 days and nights next to Michael’s coffin, but that wasn’t my way at all. Many people helped me through my grief, but it was Anno’s himself who salvaged me with that parting thought of his: “To be AND not to be.” Superpostional states as they’re called in quantum physics - each defining the other, yet each incomplete without the other. After only moments of hearing his death, I knew that Anno only dead it the physical sense - though God knows that’s the one that matters most! I made a commitment to Anno there and then that his poems would not go the way of Michael’s, all of but two which mysteriously disappeared over time. I set to work almost transcribing Anno’s poems - over 700 of the them, none of us had any idea he had written so many. But there came the inevitable day when I couldn’t get it together at all. For all my philosophies, I just broke down sobbing. So I climbed back up to my loft, and Ned was there which didn’t all together surprise me cause he often came up to my loft when he couldn’t get to sleep. 'Ned, what are you doing here?' and he turned over and it was Anno. And I said, 'Anno!' and he said, 'Shh. You’re taking this much too seriously.' And I woke up at that moment, never remembering going to be in the first place, and I knew he was right. And that was my big step forward.....

....On a scrap of paper Anno had scribbled: Who Said the Race is Over? And I thought that was brilliant. I called his book of poems just that.”

And we know from those profits and all these hearts in and out of this Lost Boy story, set up the growing Anno’s Africa with kids who know the blood and real heartbreak and real joy of Neverland so well. As Andrew said, “to help street kids discover the joy of expressing themselves creatively as Anno was able to do before so many of them join him sooner rather than later in the ongoing race among the stars.”

not just the second star to the right, but God knows where else! And thus it shall go on...

yea, just some random spammers in the General Disccusion, nothing like when the site had a landslide of attacks from Gieco and the Russian porn industry some time back!

it's also on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lhktWxen3c

WHY DO I NOT LIVE IN FRANCE?!!?!?!?! I would love to see the actors and production. Ah, the pictures, and videos (and thank you so much for adding those, Holly) will do for now. Also yours and Andrew's great words and excitment. Oh, Peter I'm so glad of you.

Sorry, i'm not answering a question or anything, but just have to say...fell in love because of Andrew's JMB bio and how real the Scot was in both the book and script, virtures and faults. Whereas other bios I had read were either bashing or worshiping people. Barrie's a mastepiece...his reckless passion and grace in imagination, moods and coldness in full swing, his care/intrusion of the Davies family, his relationship with his wife, the letting go of his boys...nothing sentimental or judgmental in Birkin's way. Like those 3 divorce scenes in TLB...so difficult, but brilliant. Barrie shocked, caring, selfish. The book actually is really moving about seeing people who are alive too. I was in my mid teens when I read/saw Andrew's version of the story and it changed the way I looked around, thought of myself and others whereas before it was very black/white. Enough blah, but I recently read through the pondering book again and such thoughts came in my mind and heart...

The site's working fine for me. From my own home computer and various others at my university and at local libraries. Actually, I did a lecture on JM Barrie and Anno the other day at school, and explored through the sites via a projector screen so people in  the audience could see...ALL CLEAR. All was working fine. But when Andrew comes on, if something is wrong on his side, he'll find out soon.

Maybe its the google attacks! Ah, internet battles. How war keeps evolving... you know how the Chinese and Americans have always been concerned about who holds the ultimate database on JM Barrie!

AWESOME...always hoping to hear more Peter's story. Especially sense beholding his war letters. All the best to you, Stacy! I'm sure it will be marvelous!!!