- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (21 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192839195
- ISBN-13: 978-0192839190
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 586,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Oxford Press does readers a great favor in reviving four of Barries best plays. Crichton and Peter Pan both made the most of being stranded on an island. Hollondale's introduction and notes add to the pleasure."--Illinois Central College
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For some 20 years at the beginning of the century J M Barrie enjoyed enormous commercial success with a wide variety of plays, but he is best known for Peter Pan. It retains its popularity today, both in the original and in adaptations. As well as being the author of the greatest of all children's plays Barrie also wrote sophisticated social comedy and political satire, much of it now newly topical. The Admirable Crichton and What Every Woman Knows are shrewd and entertaining contributions to the politics of class and gender, while Mary Rose is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner, of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are supplemented with a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Peter Pan has often been described as a classic and no doubt everyone is familiar with the story but this is worth reading for all the nice touches which often get forgotten.
Similiar to a certain Mr Potter, this book can easily relate to children and adults alike. The characters are geniunely amusing and described so well you can identify with them all, from the hyper-active Peter who just wants to play all day to the weary Father, working far more than 9 to 5 dat after day.
The book is full of quirks which remind you of the imagination of Barrie. My particular favouriste is Nana, the dog employed as the Nanny due to the family's impoverised state (despite that fact they all live in Kensington - like I say, imagination is important!). What also works well is the double setting of the Nursery and Never-Never land where everything and everyone works differently. We see characters acting completely differently when taken out of their normal context, something we can all relate to!
At the centre of the book, however, is the moving theme of growing up and moving on. Long before those kids in Dawson's Creek were giving advice on life, Peter Pan and Wendy were dealing with the human condition in a much more realxed manner. Upon finishing the book I felt moved and entertained which can only be a good thing!
I would recommend reading Peter Pan either as a refresher course or as a completely new experience.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You know, "a customer", (shocked that Peter Pan is a play, evidently does not care for plays) the words "and other plays" in the title might have given you a hint.
0 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The other reviews say that it is a great story book for children and adults etc. but in fact it is a play!
I was quite shocked when i bought it thinking that it would be a story book, but when i recieved it and looked throught it, it was in fact a play!
I was quite shocked when i bought it thinking that it would be a story book, but when i recieved it and looked throught it, it was in fact a play!
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