Dec 29, 2009

The Admirable Crichton | Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. Some critics think that Barrie was trying merely to write a story full of adventure, like Swiss Family Robinson or his own play Peter Pan, when he wrote The Admirable Crichton. What evidence is there in the play or in Barrie's biography to support or contradict that notion?

2. The original version of The Admirable Crichton had Crichton announce his intention at the end of the play to marry Tweeny and open an inn he planned to call 'The Case Is Altered." After World War I, Barrie changed the last act to leave Crichton's future uncertain. Which...