If Sir James M. Barrie had written no play other than Peter Pan (1904), the extraordinary and enduring popularity of this single work would testify to his talents as a dramatist. As it stands, however, the more than forty plays he wrote also manifest...

If Sir James M. Barrie had written no play other than Peter Pan (1904), the extraordinary and enduring popularity of this single work would testify to his talents as a dramatist. As it stands, however, the more than forty plays he wrote also manifest...

J. M. Barrie's importance to children's literature can be summed up in one name: Peter Pan. The mythic boy who would not grow up has flown across countless stages throughout the Western world, starred in major motion pictures, and loaned his name to...

J. M. Barrie wrote dozens of plays in his lifetime and is best known as the creator of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. However, he began his career as a journalist and during his early years as a writer composed some forty short stories;...

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. Influenced by his mother's...