Peter And Wendy

J. M. Barrie created Peter and Wendy also referred to as Peter Pan as a 1904 play and a 1911 book. Both versions depict Peter Pan as a cheeky youngster with the ability to fly who has numerous adventures on the mythical island of Neverland home to mermaids fairies Indians (American-Indians) pirates and other fantastical creatures. The characters Wendy Darling and her brothers John and Michael Tinker Bell Peters fairy the Lost Boys and Captain Hook also appear in the Peter Pan stories. Barries acquaintance with the Llewelyn Davies family served as the basis for both the play and the book. After the plays initial performance Barrie continued to make revisions until the plays script was published in 1928. The plays world premiere took place at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in London on December 27 1904 with Nina Boucicault the playwrights daughter playing the main character. In 1905 a Broadway show starring Maude Adams was presented. Later it was brought back with actors like Marilyn Miller and Eva Le Gallienne. Hodder & Stoughton in the UK and Charles Scribners Sons in the US both released the book for the first time in 1911.