Peter Pan
Peter Pan Alternative Title: The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
Author: J. M. Barrie.
First Performance: 1904, London
Published: 1928
Genre: Com. in 5 acts
Setting: The Darling household, London, and Never Land, 1900s
Cast: 16m, 9f, a dog, extras
When Wendy, John, and Michael are put to bed each night by their mother Mrs Darling and their nanny Nana the dog, their mother always tells them a bedtime story. Listening to these stories is Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, who returns to Never Land to repeat the stories to the Lost Boys, who were lost when they fell out of their prams. Despite the interference of the jealous fairy Tinker Bell, Wendy and Peter become friends. Peter teaches the children to fly, and they all depart to Never Land, where Wendy becomes mother to the Lost Boys...
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