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Recounting the more than century-long stage and screen history of J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, Bruce K. Hanson updates and expands his 1993 volume on "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up." Hanson traces the origin of Barrie's tale through the first London production in 1904, to various British and American theatrical and film productions up to and including the stage versions of 2010. Included are excerpts of interviews with actresses Dinah Sheridan, Mary Martin and Sandy Duncan, all of whom portraye…
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Recounting the more than century-long stage and screen history of J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, Bruce K. Hanson updates and expands his 1993 volume on "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up." Hanson traces the origin of Barrie's tale through the first London production in 1904, to various British and American theatrical and film productions up to and including the stage versions of 2010. Included are excerpts of interviews with actresses Dinah Sheridan, Mary Martin and Sandy Duncan, all of whom portrayed Peter Pan on stage, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyricists for the 1954 Broadway musical. The book features a wealth of rare photos, posters, programs and costume designs. An appendix lists virtually every actor who has performed a featured role in a London, Broadway or Hollywood production of Peter Pan from 1904 to the present.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
- Edition:2nd ed
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- Publisher(s):McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- Place of Publication:Jefferson
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
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"Non-Latin script record."
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- Description:1 online resource (418 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780786486199, 0786486198
- oclc:on1058089950
- LC Classification:PR4074.P33 ǂb H36 2011eb
- Dewey Decimal:822/.912
Table of Contents
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. James Barrie -- 2. Nina Boucicault and the First Peter Pan -- 3. Maude Adams -- 4. Cecilia Loftus and the Mermaids -- 5. Vivian Martin and the Unknown Peter Pans -- 6. Pauline Chase and an Afterthought -- 7. Marilyn Miller -- 8. Betty Bronson -- 9. Jean Forbes-Robertson and Other English Lasses -- 10. Eva Le Gallienne -- 11. Jean Arthur -- Color Plates -- 12. The Disney Touch -- 13. Mary Martin -- 14. Margaret Lockwood and Toots -- 15. Mia Farrow and Another Musical -- 16. Sandy Duncan -- 17. Cathy Rigby -- 18. A Change of Gender -- Afterword -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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