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The British dramatist and novelist Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) is best known for his play Peter Pan. James M. Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, on May 9, 1860, the son of a poor, hardworking weaver.
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In 1954, Jerome Robbins decided to produce a new musical version of the classic story, Peter Pan. Traditionally, the role of Peter is played by a woman and Mary Martin was an easy fit for the part. She wowed audiences for 150 performances and even won a Tony award. When the play aired on TV, live the first two times, and later on tape, Mary became an American icon. Being a star has its downside, though, it is rumored that Mary 'flew' through the wall of the TV set during the taping breaking her leg in the process.
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On February 5, 1953, Disney released its animated film version of Peter Pan with music by Sammy Cahn, Frank Churchill, Sammy Fain, and Ted Sears. 15-year-old film actor Bobby Driscoll supplied the voice of Peter. In the film, a visual reference is made to Peter's ties to the Pan of Greek mythology by showing him absent-mindedly playing the Pan pipes (... called pan flute), which the nature spirit was famous for playing. This version contained little of the original dialogue from the play or its novelization.
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There are seven statues of Peter Pan playing a set of pipes, cast from a mould by sculptor George Frampton, following an original commission by Barrie in 1912. The statues are in Kensington Gardens in London, England; Liverpool, England; Brussels, Belgium; Camden, New Jersey, United States; Perth, Western Australia; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. A new bronze statue by Diarmuid Byron O'Connor was commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2000, showing Peter blowing fairy dust. A limited edition of it has been created to raise money for the children's charity.[1]
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Peter Pan is a fictional character created by J. M. Barrie, best known from the stage play and novel of the same name. He is a little boy who refuses to grow up, and spends his time having magical adventures.
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Barrie donated all the royalties of 'Peter Pan, or the boy who could not grow up' to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, to enable generations of children to grow and flourish. today the hospital still receives generous donations from the producers of the play, but the copyright no longer means that only Barrie's original version has to be performed. Indeed, the Disney film 'Peter Pan' was an exception, and today it is possible to see the original in one theatre, an adaptation at the Royal National Theatre, and a 'Pantomime' style production in yet another venue.
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