Theatrical aspects in the cinematographic adaptations of Peter Pan: reminders of the initial form of the story

Before Peter Pan was published in the form of a novel one hundred years ago, J.M. Barrie’s story of “the boy who would not grow up” was brought to life on stage. The first performances took place in London as early as 1904, following which the play was quickly brought to New York, under the supervision of Barrie’s impresario and friend, Charles Frohman. It was an immediate and unanimous success everywhere it went from the very beginning. In 1924, as J.M. Barrie had not yet published the defin..