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Back To Neverland, For The First Time

All children, except one, grow up.” So begins “Peter Pan and Wendy” by J. M. Barrie, the Scottish novelist’s 1911 adaptation of his 1904 play based on his time with the Llewelyn Davies boys, whom he looked after following their parents’ deaths. Among the four boys, it was Michael Llewelyn Davies who served as the inspiration for the winsome flying rascal Peter Pan, the boy who beckons the Darling children out of the window of their Bloomsbury home. Following his education at Eton, Michael studied art at The University of Paris and at Christ Church in Oxford, where he seemingly fell in love with another student there, Rupert Buxton, from an English aristocratic family. At age 20, Michael and Rupert drowned together near Oxford — whether by accident or suicide remains unknown.

A hint of sadness has always tinged any tale of Peter Pan, and “Peter and The Starcatcher” the play by Rick Elice based on the 2000s series of novels by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, is no different, offering an origin story for Peter as a 19th-century orphan in London whose travels aboard a ship changes the course of his life forever. The Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Conn., will perform a youth theater production of “Peter and The Starcatcher” — which premiered on Broadway in 2011 — on Friday, July 14, and Saturday, July 15.

The Peter Pan Statue in Hyde Park, London by Robert Lamb

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The Peter Pan Statue in Hyde Park, London by Robert Lamb
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