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Peter Pan / Barrie's last involvement with stage production
« on: December 26, 2015, 11:50:17 PM »
Hello all:
It's been a while since I've been on the forum, and I'm delighted be diving back into some of my research on Barrie and Peter Pan.

I was hoping that someone could help me determine when Barrie stopped actively participating in the stage production of _Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up_. Hanson mentions some modifications that Barrie made to the production starring Jean Forbes-Robertson, but I don't see any later mentions. Does anyone know when/why he stopped taking an active role?

My apologies if this is answered in one of the biographies--I'm traveling for the holidays and am away from my usual resources. Thank you for your help!
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Peter Pan / Mrs. Farnham's statue of Peter
« on: April 19, 2011, 08:33:42 PM »
Does anybody know anything about Mrs. Sallie James Farnham's statue of Peter Pan? It is described as an expression of Peter as "Joy" from the "I am youth...I am Joy..." line. An article from Good Housekeeping mentions the large statue as well as several smaller replicas sold as novelty items, but I've never come across anything about it before.
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Peter Pan / The Lion's Tail
« on: April 05, 2011, 04:26:17 PM »
I came across a reference to Peter pulling off a lion's tail in Oliver Herford's "The Peter Pan Alphabet" (1907). Does anybody know what this is a reference to? Does Peter confront a lion in any of the early versions (stage or text)?
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Peter Pan / What do you think Peter looks like?
« on: February 17, 2011, 11:54:00 PM »
Hi all:

I'm sure that when you think of Peter Pan, some image pops into your mind. I'm just wondering what that image might be. Peter and Wendy tells us that "He was a lovely boy, clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that ooze out of the trees, but the most entrancing thing about him was that he had all his first teeth." Are there any other details that you automatically imagine?

Is there a particular illustrated or filmed version that comes to mind? Rackham? Bedford? Woodward? White? Disney? Hogan? Brom? others?

What about the other characters? Where do your imaginings of Tinkerbell, Hook, the Lost Boys, Smee, Tiger Lily, etc. come from? What do they look like?
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Peter Pan / First Performance Rumours
« on: January 20, 2011, 09:32:40 PM »
Hello fellow Peter Pan fans:

I am also working on my dissertation, and one of my chapters focuses on the similarities between consuming early versions of Peter Pan and experiencing our modern adaptations of it today. In the section that I'm currently writing, I'm trying to collect audience reactions to the first performance of the play (on Dec. 27th, 1904). Roger Green's _Fifty Years_ and Andrew Birkin's _J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys_ have been very helpful. In Birkin's biography, I came across the following reference: "Wild rumours soon began to appear in print about the nature of Mr Barrie's eagerly awaited new play, and the Duke of York's management were obliged to recruit additional guards to stop enterprising journalists from sneaking into the theatre" (110). Does anybody know where these "wild rumours" occurred or what they said? Since they appeared "in print," I'm hoping that I can track them down.

Thank you for your help. I love this site, and I know I'll be using it much more in the future!

Carrie
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