Scotland Magazine section Scottish Roots

In search of Peter Pan

As Peter Pan reaches his centenary, Nicola Lisle traces his Scottish roots

At the Duke of York’s Theatre in London, on 27th December 1904, a capacity audience crammed in to enjoy the first performance of a play by the celebrated novelist J.M. Barrie – the enchantingly whimsical Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. “…an artfully artless, go-as-you-please play which ...

By Nicola Lisle from Issue 15 published on 18/7/2004