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SHOW NOTES
Music by DropVox
Upcoming
-Sep 25 (US), Oct 16 (UK)
-Sequel to 2012 film
-Based on various classic monsters
-Sep 27 on ABC
-Based on general fairytales, legends and stories
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Main Discussion
Peter Pan by JM Barrie
-play in 1904, novel in 1911
-Peter in Kensington Gardens (1906), but from 1902’s Little White Bird
-When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought added to play in 1908, added to novel in 1957
-the kiss that no one can get, pros/cons of growing up, women’s roles, “gay, innocent and heartless”
Written Adaptations:
-Peter Pan and the Only Children by Gilbert Adair
-Neverland by Toby Forward
-Wendy by Karen Wallace
-The Lost Girls by Laurie Fox
-Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
-Peter Pan in Scarlet by Gereldine McCaughrean
-The Child Thief by Gerald Brom
-Another Pan by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri
Stage and Screen Adaptations:
-silent film (1924)
-Disney (1953), Return to Neverland (2002)
-Peter Pan (stage, 1954)
-Hook (1991)
-Peter Pan (2003)
-Neverland (2003)
-Neverland (2011)
-Peter Pan Live! (2014)
-Once Upon a Time
-The New Adventure of Peter and Wendy
Pan (2015)
-Written by Jason Fuchs
-Directed by Joe Wright
-Starring Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara
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