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| J. M. Barrie | |
 Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bt. in 1901 | |
| Born | May 9, 1860(1860-05-09) Kirriemuir, Scotland |
| Died | June 19, 1937 (aged 77) London, England |
| Occupation | novelist/playwright |
| Nationality | British |
| Writing period | Victorian, Edwardian |
| Genres | drama, fantasy |
| Notable work(s) | The Little White Bird Peter Pan |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ansell (1894–1909) |
| Children | guardian of the Llewelyn Davies boys |
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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was uncommon (especially for girls) in both Britain and America before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1922
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was uncommon (especially for girls) in both Britain and America before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1922
Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, to a conservative Scottish Calvinist family. His father David Barrie was a modestly successful weaver. His mother Margaret Ogilvy Barrie had assumed her deceased mother's household responsibilities at the age of 8. Barrie was the ninth child of ten (two of whom died before he was born), all of whom were schooled in at least the three Rs, in preparation for possible professional careers. He was a small child (he would grow to only about 5 feet as an adult), and drew attention to himself with storytelling. , Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. ... This article is about the council area in Scotland. ... 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"I thought it was the dead boy she was speaking to," wrote Barrie in his biographical account of his mother, Margaret Ogilvy (1896), "and I said in a little lonely voice, 'No, it's no' him, it's just me.'" Barrie's mother found comfort in the fact that her dead son would remain a boy forever, never to grow up and leave her.[1] Eventually Barrie and his mother entertained each other with stories of her brief childhood and books such as Robinson Crusoe and Pilgrim's Progress.[2] For other uses, see Robinson Crusoe (disambiguation). ... The Pilgrims Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (published 1678) is an allegorical novel. ... At the age of 8, Barrie was sent to the Glasgow Academy, in the care of his eldest siblings Alexander and Mary Ann, who taught at the school. When he was 10 he returned home and continued his education at the Forfar Academy. At 13, he left home for Dumfries Academy, again under the watch of Alexander and Mary Ann. He became a voracious reader, and was fond of penny dreadfuls, and the works of Robert Michael Ballantyne and James Fenimore Cooper. At Dumfries he and his friends spent time in the garden of Moat Brae house, playing pirates "in a sort of Odyssey that was long afterwards to become the play of Peter Pan".[3] They formed a drama club, producing his first play Bandelero the Bandit, which provoked a minor controversy following a scathing moral denunciation from a clergyman on the school's governing board.[2] Founded in 1845, The Glasgow Academy is the oldest fully independent school in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Forfar is a town and former royal burgh of approximately 13,500 people, located in the unitary authority of Angus in Scotland. ... Dumfries Academy is one of four secondary schools in the town of Dumfries in South West Scotland. ... In the United States in the late 19th century and very early 20th century, a dime novel was a low-priced novel, typically priced at 10 cents (a dime). ... RM Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 - February 8, 1894), Scottish fiction writer, Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, Scotland he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. ... Cooper portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, 1822 James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. ... Literary career   Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, London Barrie wished to pursue a career as an author, but was persuaded by his family – who wished him to have a profession such as the ministry – to enroll at the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote drama reviews for a local newspaper. He worked for a year and a half as a staff journalist in Nottingham, then returned to Kirriemuir, using his mother's stories about the town (which he called "Thrums") for a piece submitted to a paper in London. The editor "liked that Scotch thing",[2] so Barrie wrote a series of them, which served as the basis for his first novels: Auld Licht Idylls (1888), A Window in Thrums (1890),[4] and The Little Minister (1891). Literary criticism of these early works has been unfavourable, tending to disparage them as sentimental and nostalgic depictions of a parochial Scotland far from the realities of the industrialised nineteenth century, but they were popular enough to establish Barrie as a very successful writer. His two "Tommy" novels, Sentimental Tommy (1896) and Tommy and Grizel (1902), dealt with themes much more explicitly related to those that would appear in Peter Pan. The first appearance of Peter came in The Little White Bird (1901). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (529x985, 154 KB) Uploaded originally at fr:Image:PeterPan Statue Londres. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (529x985, 154 KB) Uploaded originally at fr:Image:PeterPan Statue Londres. ... The University of Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: ), founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... The Little Minister is a 1934 American drama film directed by Richard Wallace. ... The Little White Bird is a fantasy novel for adults by J. M. Barrie, published in 1902. ... Meanwhile, Barrie wrote a number of works for the theatre, beginning with a biography about Richard Savage (performed only once, and critically panned). He immediately followed this with Ibsen's Ghost (1891), a parody of Henrik Ibsen's new-to-London drama Ghosts, playing successfully at Toole's Theatre in London. William Archer, the translator of Ibsen's works into English, enjoyed the humour of the play and recommended it to others. Barrie also authored Jane Annie, a failed comic opera for Richard D'Oyly Carte (1893), which he begged his friend Arthur Conan Doyle to revise and finish for him. Notable successes included Quality Street (1901) and The Admirable Crichton (1902). Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... This article needs cleanup. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Ibsen redirects here. ... This article is about the paranormal. ... The Folly Theatre was a minor London theatre of the late 19th century, in William IV Street, near Charing Cross, in the City of Westminster. ... --204. ... Programme, 1893 Jane Annie, or The Good Conduct Prize is an opera written in 1893 by J.M.Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle, with music by Ernest Ford, a fine conductor and occasional composer. ... Comic opera, or light opera, denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending. ... Richard DOyly Carte Richard DOyly Carte (May 3, 1844 – April 3, 1901) was an English theatrical impresario during the latter half of the nineteenth century. ... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. ... Quality Street is a comedy in four acts by J. M. Barrie. ... The Admirable Crichton is a play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. ... Barrie's most famous and enduring work, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, had its first stage performance on 27 December 1904. It has been performed innumerable times since then, was developed by Barrie into the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, and has been adapted by others into feature films, musicals, and more. The Bloomsbury scenes show the societal constraints of late Victorian middle-class domestic reality, contrasted with Neverland, a world where morality is ambivalent. George Bernard Shaw's description of the play as "ostensibly a holiday entertainment for children but really a play for grown-up people", suggests deeper social allegories at work in Peter Pan. In 1929 Barrie specified that the copyright of the Peter Pan works should go to the nation's leading children's hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The current status of the copyright is complex. This article is about the play and novel by J.M. Barrie. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Bloomsbury may refer to: Bloomsbury, London, an area in the centre of the city the Bloomsbury group, an English literary group active around from around 1905 to the start of World War II. the Bloomsbury Gang, a political grouping centred on the local landowner, John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford... For other uses, see Neverland (disambiguation). ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was a world-renowned Irish author. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with copywriting. ... The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children was founded in London in 1852 as the first hospital specifically for children in the English-speaking world. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the play and novel by J.M. Barrie. ... Barrie had a long string of successes on the stage after Peter Pan. Many of these works discuss social concerns. The Twelve Pound Look shows a wife divorcing a peer and gaining an independent income. Other plays, such as Mary Rose and a subplot in Dear Brutus revisit the image of the ageless child. Later plays included What Every Woman Knows (1908). His final play was The Boy David (1936), which dramatized the Biblical story of King Saul and the young David. Like the role of Peter Pan, that of David was played by a woman, Elisabeth Bergner, for whom Barrie wrote the play. Saul (ש×ול המלך) (or Shaul) (Hebrew: , Standard Tiberian ; asked for) is identified in the Books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles and the Quran as the first king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. ... This article is about the Biblical king of Israel. ... Elisabeth Bergner was born Elisabeth Ettel on August 22, 1897, in Drohobycz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Drogobych, Ukraine). ... Barrie used his considerable income to help finance the production of commercially unsuccessful stage productions. Along with a number of other playwrights, he was involved in the 1909 and 1911 attempts to challenge the censorship of the theatre by the Lord Chamberlain. Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State. ... Acquaintances Barrie traveled in high literary circles, and in addition to his professional collaborators, he had many famous friends. Novelist George Meredith was an early social patron. He had a long correspondence with Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived in Samoa at the time, but the two never met in person. George Bernard Shaw was for several years his neighbor, and once participated in a Western that Barrie scripted and filmed. H. G. Wells was a friend of many years, and tried to intervene when Barrie's marriage fell apart. Barrie met Thomas Hardy through Hugh Clifford while he was staying in London. George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 – May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet. ... Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850–December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, and a representative of neo-romanticism in English literature. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was a world-renowned Irish author. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... Thomas Hardy redirects here. ... Hugh Clifford (1866–1941) was a British civil servant who served as high commissioner of Malaysia when it was a part of the British Empire. ... Barrie founded a cricket team for his friends. Conan Doyle, Wells, and other luminaries such as Jerome K. Jerome, G. K. Chesterton, A. A. Milne, Walter Raleigh, A. E. W. Mason, E. V. Lucas, Maurice Hewlett, E. W. Hornung, P. G. Wodehouse, Owen Seaman, Bernard Partridge, Augustine Birrell, Paul du Chaillu, and the son of Alfred Tennyson played at various times. The team were called the "Allahakbarries", under the mistaken belief that "Allah akbar" meant "Heaven help us" in Arabic (rather than "God is great").[2] This article is about the sport. ... Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859 – June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. ... Alan Alexander Milne (IPA pronunciation: ) (January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various childrens poems. ... Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh was a scholar and author circa 1900. ... Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 - 22 November 1948) was a British author. ... Edward Verrall Lucas (June 11/12 1868 – June 26, 1938) was a versatile and popular English writer of nearly 100 books. ... Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. ... Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866, Middlesbrough, England - March 22, 1921, St. ... Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) (IPA: ) was a comic writer who has enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ... Sir Owen Seaman (September 18, 1861 - February 2, 1936) was a British writer, journalist and poet. ... John Bernard Partridge (1861–1945) was an English illustrator. ... Augustine Birrell (January 19, 1850 - November 20, 1933), was an English author and politician. ... [[1]] Paul du Chaillu (July 31, 1835 – April 29, 1903), traveller and anthropologist, was born in either Paris or New Orleans (accounts conflict). ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... Barrie befriended Africa explorer Joseph Thomson and Antarctica explorer Robert Falcon Scott. He was godfather to Scott's son Peter,[2] and was one of the seven people to whom Scott wrote letters in the final hours of his life following his successful – but doomed – expedition to the South Pole. Joseph Thomson (February 14, 1858 - August 2, 1895) was a Scottish geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. ... Scott of the Antarctic redirects here. ... A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ... Statue of Sir Peter Scott at the WWT London Wetland Centre Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC, FRS, FZS, (September 14, 1909 – August 29, 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter and sportsman. ... For other uses, see South Pole (disambiguation). ... Barrie's close friend Charles Frohman, who was responsible for producing the debut of Peter Pan in both England and the U.S. and other productions of Barrie's plays, famously declined a lifeboat seat when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in the North Atlantic, reportedly paraphrasing Peter Pan's famous line from the stage play, "To die will be an awfully big adventure." Charles Frohman (1860 - 1915) was a U.S. theatre manager. ... RMS Lusitania was a British luxury ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... He met and told stories to the young daughters of the Duke of York, who would become Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones, née Windsor; (August 21, 1930—February 9, 2002) was a member of the British Royal Family, the second eldest daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and sister of the current British... Marriage Barrie became acquainted with actress Mary Ansell in 1891 when she was recommended by Jerome K. Jerome for a substantial supporting role in Barrie's play Walker London. The two became friends, and she joined his family in caring for him when he fell very ill in 1893 and 1894.[2] They married shortly after Barrie recovered, with her retiring from the stage, but the relationship was reportedly a sexless one, and childless. In 1909 she had an affair with Gilbert Cannan (an associate of Barrie's in his anti-censorship activities) and when she refused to end it, Barrie granted her a divorce.[1] This was highly unusual and stigmatised, and briefly became a social scandal.[citation needed] Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859 – June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... Gilbert Cannan (June 25, 1884 – June 30, 1955) was a British novelist and dramatist. ... Llewelyn Davies family The Arthur Llewelyn Davies family played an important part in Barrie's literary and personal life. It consisted of the parents Arthur (1863–1907) and Sylvia, née du Maurier (1866–1910) (daughter of George du Maurier), [5]; and their five sons George (1893–1915), John (Jack) (1894-1959), Peter (1897–1960), Michael (1900–1921), and Nicholas (Nico) (1903–1980). Arthur Llewelyn Davies (1863 - 19 April 1907) was a respected barrister, but is best known as the father of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the other children of J. M. Barries stories of Neverland. ... Sylvia Jocelyn Llewelyn Davies (1866–1910) was the daughter of cartoonist and writer George du Maurier, and the mother of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the other children of J. M. Barries stories of Neverland. ... Self portrait of George du Maurier George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a British author who was born in Paris, France. ... George Llewelyn Davies (20 July 1893 - 15 March 1915) was the eldest son of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and along with his brothers was the inspiration for J. M. Barries character Peter Pan. ... John Jack Llewelyn Davies (11 September 1894 – 17 September 1959), was one of the Llewelyn Davies boys befriended by J. M. Barrie. ... Peter Llewelyn Davies, taken in 1917. ... Michael Llewelyn Davies (June 1900 - 19 May 1921) was the fourth (second youngest) son of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and along with his brothers was the inspiration for J. M. Barries character Peter Pan. ... Nicholas Nico Llewelyn Davies (24 November 1903 - 1980) was the youngest child of the Llewelyn Davies family (the famous inspirations for J.M. Barries Peter Pan). ... Barrie became acquainted with the family in 1897, meeting George and Jack (and baby Peter) with their nurse (i.e. nanny) Mary Hodgson in London's Kensington Gardens. He lived nearby and often walked his Landseer Newfoundland dog Porthos in the park, and entertained the boys regularly with his ability to wiggle his ears and eyebrows, and his stories. He did not meet Sylvia until a chance encounter at a dinner party in December. He became a regular visitor at the Davies household and a common companion to the woman and her boys, despite the fact that he and she were each married.[1] A nanny is a person who looks after the child or children of one family in their -- the childs -- home. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... See also Kensington Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. ... When Arthur Llewelyn Davies died in 1907, "Uncle Jim" became even more involved with the Davies, and provided financial support to them. (His income from Peter Pan and other works was easily adequate to provide for their living expenses and education.) Following Sylvia's death in 1910, Barrie claimed that they had been engaged to be married.[1] Her will indicated nothing to that effect, but specified her wish for "J.M.B." to be trustee and guardian to the boys, along with her mother Emma, her brother Guy Du Maurier, and Arthur's brother Compton. It expressed her confidence in Barrie as the boys' caretaker and her wish for "the boys to treat him (& their uncles) with absolute confidence & straightforwardness & to talk to him about everything." When copying the will informally for Sylvia's family a few months later, Barrie inserted himself in an additional paragraph: Sylvia had written that she would like Mary Hodgson, the boys' nurse, to continue taking care of them, and for "Jenny" (Mary's sister) to come help her; Barrie instead wrote "Jimmy" (Sylvia's nickname for him). Although Barrie and Hodgson did not get along well, they served as surrogate parents until the boys were all in school and Jack was married.[1] Barrie had friendships with children both before the Davies boys and after they were grown, and there have often been suspicions that Barrie was a pedophile or engaged in child sexual abuse. However, there is no evidence that Barrie did – or was accused at the time of doing – anything of that sort. Nico, the youngest of the brothers, flatly denied that Barrie ever behaved inappropriately.[1] "I don't believe that Uncle Jim ever experienced what one might call 'a stirring in the undergrowth' for anyone — man, woman, or child," he stated. "He was an innocent — which is why he could write Peter Pan." [6] His relationships with the Davies boys continued well beyond their childhood and adolescence. Pedophilia or paedophilia (see spelling differences) is the primary or exclusive sexual attraction by adults to prepubescent youths. ... Child sexual abuse is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. ... The statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, erected in secret overnight for May Morning in 1912, was supposed to be modeled upon old photographs of Michael dressed as Peter Pan. However, the sculptor decided to use a different child as a model, leaving Barrie very disappointed with the result. "It doesn't show the devil in Peter", he said.[1] May Morning is an annual event in Oxford on May Day (1 May). ... Barrie suffered bereavements with the boys, losing the two to whom he was closest. George was killed in action (1915) in World War I. Michael, with whom Barrie corresponded daily, drowned (1921) with his friend and possible lover[7] Rupert Buxton, at a known danger spot at Sandford Lock near Oxford, one month short of his 21st birthday. Some years after Barrie's death, Peter wrote his Morgue, which contains much family information and comments on Barrie. “The Great War †redirects here. ... River Thames at Sandford Lock. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Death Barrie died of pneumonia on 19 June 1937 and is buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and two of his siblings. He left the bulk of his estate (excluding the Peter Pan works, which he'd previously given to Great Ormond Street Hospital) to his secretary Cynthia Asquith. His birthplace at 4 Brechin Road is maintained as a museum by the National Trust for Scotland. is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The standard of the NTS The National Trust for Scotland, or NTS, describes itself as The conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotlands natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy. ... Biographies The Story of J.M.B. by Sewell Stokes, Theatre Arts, Vol.XXV No.11, New York: Theatre Arts Inc, Nov 1941, pp 845-848. Sewell Stokes (November 16, 1902 London - November 2, 1979 London) was an English novelist, biographer, playwright, and screenwriter. ... In 1978 the BBC made an award-winning miniseries written by Andrew Birkin, The Lost Boys, starring Ian Holm as Barrie and Ann Bell as Sylvia. It is considered highly factual, includes Arthur Llewelyn Davies (Tim Piggot-Smith), and briefly addresses the issue of Barrie's affection for the Davies boys. The set of 2 DVDs is available in both the UK and USA. Birkin also published J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys, a factual book covering in greater detail the material portrayed in the docudrama. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Lost Boys is a 1978 docudrama mini-series produced by the BBC and written by Andrew Birkin, about the relationship between Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies boys. ... Sir Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm CBE (born 12 September 1931), born as Ian Holm Cuthbert, is an English actor. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... // Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics: A strict focus on the facts of the event being treated, as they are known; A tendency to avoid overt commentary or authorial editorializing; The use of literary and narrative techniques to flesh out or render story-like the... A semi-fictional movie about his relationship with the family, Finding Neverland, was released in November 2004, starring Johnny Depp as Barrie and Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. It takes liberties with the facts, alters the sequence of some events (e.g. Sylvia is already a widow when she meets Barrie), and omits Nico altogether. Finding Neverland is an Academy Award-winning film that released in 2004, starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his frequent portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and the titular character of Tim Burtons Edward Scissorhands. ... Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is a five time Academy Award-nominated Emmy Award-nominated BAFTA, Grammy and Screen Actors Guild Award winning English actress. ... References 1. ^ abcdefg Birkin, Andrew: J. M. Barrie & the Lost Boys (Contables, 1979; revised edition, Yale University Press, 2003) 2. ^ abcdef Chaney, Lisa. Hide-and-Seek with Angels - A Life of J. M. Barrie, London: Arrow Books, 2005 3. ^ McConnachie and J.M.B.: Speeches of J. M. Barrie, Peter Davies, 1938 4. ^ J. M. Barrie. A Window in Thrums. Project Gutenberg. 5. ^ married the 3Q of 1892 in Hampstead, London: GROMI: vol. 1a, p. 1331 6. ^ J.M Barrie and Peter Pan — Winter 2005 Issue — Endicott Studio: Peter Pan 2 7. ^ interviews with Lord Boothby External links  Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: J. M. Barrie  Wikisource has original works written by or about: J. M. Barrie
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