Peter Pan | Review of Peter Pan
Phelan reviews a 1950 revival of Barrie’s play,
finding that the work holds the same appeal for him
as an adult as it did when he first viewed it as a
youngster. He offers a positive review of this production,
praising the principle actors for their skill.
I would feel a good deal safer dealing with this review of the Barrie classic if I had managed to get a child to go with me. As a matter of fact I did vainly try to seize a child, with somewhat mixed results. My first (progressive) nephew had the chicken-pox, and the school in which my second (progressive) nephew abides, refused to release him in mid-week. Thirdly, the daughter of one of my best (Jungian) friends flatly refused to go, although her little brother, aged four, kept shouting into the telephone, ‘‘Peter Pain! Peter Pain! Me. Me.’’ Needless to say, I gave up on...
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