| J. M. Barrie (1860–1937)Includes the names: BARRIE J M, J.M. Barrie, J M BARRIES, James Barrie, J. M. Barrie, J. M. Barrie's, James M. Barrie, James M. Barrie, Sir James Barrie, Sir J. M. Barrie ... (see complete list), Sir James M. Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Джеймс Барри, Sir James Matthew Barrie, Джеймс М. Барри, adaptation from J.M. Barrie, Джеймс Метью Баррі, Джеймс Мэтью Барри | 22,748 (27,281) | 427 | 805 |  (3.94) | 53 | 0 | James Matthew Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born on May 9, 1860, in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. His idyllic boyhood was shattered by his brother's death when Barrie was six. His own grief and that of his mother influenced the rest of his life. Through his work, he sought to recapture the carefree joy of his first six years. Barrie came to London as a freelance writer in 1885. His early fiction, Auld Licht Idylls (1888) and A Window in Thrums (1889), were inspired by his youth in Kirriemuir. After publishing a biography of his mother Margaret Ogilvy and the autobiographical novel Sentimental Tommy, about a boy living in a dream world (1896), he concentrated on writing plays. The Admirable Crichton (1902), the story of a butler who becomes king of a desert island, helped to establish Barrie's reputation as a playwright. Meanwhile, he began to relive his childhood by telling the first Peter Pan stories to the sons of his friend, Sylvia Llewellyn Davies. The play Peter Pan was first performed in 1904 and published as a novel seven years later. Its imaginative drama, featuring the eternal boy's triumph over the grownup Captain Hook, idealizes childhood and underscores adults' inability to regain it. These resonant themes made it a classic of world literature. Barrie's later work shows his increasingly cynical view of adulthood, particularly in Dear Brutus (1917). Often considered his finest play, it concerns nine men and women whose caprices destroy a miraculous opportunity to relive their lives. Barrie married the former Mary Ansell in 1894. They divorced in 1909, never having any children. Barrie died in London on June 19, 1937. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Peter Pan … (more) |
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J. M. Barrie has 2 past events. (show)  PIRATE WEEK! Story time Double Story Time! We're trying a new structure for storytime during Pirate week! At 10:30am, little ones ages 3-7 can hear two swashbuckilng picture books, The pirates next door by Jonny Duddle and Pirates vs. Cowboys by Aaron Reynolds. At 11:00am, we'll work on crafts that are great for kids aged 3-12. Finally, at 11:30am, we'll be reading excerpts from Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie! Activities will be designed with all ages in mind, so there will be something for everyone to do.
Location: Street: 2421 Bissonnet St City: Houston, Province: Texas Postal Code: 77005-1451 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Story Time: Peter Pan Mini Musical! Saturday, March 8, 11:00 AM Story Time: Mini Musical: Peter Pan with Jocelyn Greene of Child’s Play NY! Jocelyn Greene, founder of Child's Play NY, returns to Greenlight to offer a Peter Pan acting workshop for our Saturday Kids Storytime. Students get to sample curriculum from the acting program that Time Out NY Kids applauds for being one of the top in the city, while experiencing some of the adventures in James M. Barrie’s beloved classic. Kids will warm-up the different characters from Peter Pan, hear a scene read from the book, become lost boys and girls interviewing for positions among Peter's crew, make a fairy-dust-happy-thought stew that will allow them to fly, and learn music from the classic stage play, such as "Tender Shepherd" and "I Won't Grow Up", that will make the journey to Neverland complete! Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Cause of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | Sir James Matthew Barrie, 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.
Although he continued to write successfully, Peter Pan overshadowed his other work, and is credited with popularising the name Wendy. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, which continues to benefit from them.  | |
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