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J M Barrie

J M BARRIE

  (1860 - 1937)
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Samuel French London  

Playwright J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) was born on 9 May 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and this production of his 1908 classic celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth. Now best remembered for his only children's play, Peter Pan, he was also the hugely successful author of plays and novels including the admirable Crichton, Dear Brutus, Mary Rose and Quality Street.

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below is a list of J M Barrie's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Admirable Crichton, The         Adored One         Alice Sit-By-The-Fire         Bandolero, The Bandit         Boy David, The         Dear Brutus         Fatal Typist, The         Ibsen's Ghost         Jane Annie - A Comic Opera         Mary Rose         New Word, The         Old Friends         Old Lady Shows Her Medals, The         Pantaloon         Peter Pan         Peter Pan  El Musical         Quality Street         Real Thing At Last, The         Richard Savage         Rosalind         Rosy Rapture, The Pride Of The Beauty Chorus         Shall We Join the Ladies?         Slice Of Life, A         Twelve-Pound Look, The         Walker London         What Every Woman Knows         Will, The
Admirable Crichton, The

Admirable Crichton, The
The Earl of Loam thinks that the class distinctions are artificial. His butler Crichton does not agree. On a sea voyage the ship sinks and the Earl and his family and Crichton are the only ones to get to safety on a desert island. The Loam family have no skills and Crichton has to take charge

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Duke of York's Theatre, London     04 Nov 1902

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Hodder & Stoughton 1902   

Music:
Complete play: BBC World Wide Ltd

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Adored One

Synopsis:
The "Adored One" is Leonora. The police sent to arrest her on a murder charge just could not do it. She does turn up for her trial. Leonora and her daughter were travelling by train. The daughter had a cold and the man in the carriage refused to have the window closed. So Leonora threw him out of the compartment onto the railway tracks

Notes:
The play was booed off the stage on it's first night

1st Produced:
Duke of York's Theatre, London     1913

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1st Published:
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Music:
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One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Alice Sit-By-The-Fire

Alice Sit-By-The-Fire
A group of teenagers are introduced to their long absent parents. Will they be able to get on?

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1st Produced:
-     1905

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bandolero, The Bandit

Synopsis:
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Notes:
This was written when he was 17. There was an attempt to stage it in 2014 which came to nothing

1st Produced:
-     1877

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Boy David, The

Boy David, The
King Saul and the young David who plays for him to soothe his tempers

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd 1948   

Music:
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Genre:
Historical drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dear Brutus

Dear Brutus
Lob has invited a number of people to his house to celebrate Midsummer's Eve. While the men have cigars and brandy the women retire to the drawing room. They confront the butler Matey as one of them has been robbed of her jewellery. He confesses and returns it. He warns them not to go into the wood. They think there is no wood nearby but when the curtains are opened in place of the garden is a wood. All the guests either singularly or in twos go into the wood. Lob pushes Matey into the wood. In the wood strange things happen

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1st Published:
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1923Oberon Books (2017) >>>    

Music:
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Genre:
play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR 17/1997  20/2000  32/2012  37/2017

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Fatal Typist, The

Synopsis:
At the start the male actor tells the audience that there had been a mix up and he had been given the woman's lines to learn and the actress the man's so as he has learnt Fanny's lines he will be playing her and the actress will play Captain James

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1st Produced:
Shaftesbury Theatre, London    

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1st Published:
-   

Music:
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One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ibsen's Ghost

Ibsen's Ghost
Ibsen's plays were viewed as scandalous. J M Barrie wrote this parody of "Ghost"

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toole's Theatre, London     20 May 1891

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Cecil Woolf 1975   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Parody

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Barrie - MS.6645

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Jane Annie - A Comic Opera

Jane Annie - A Comic Opera
Annie has the ability to hypnotise people. All the time she knows that everyone is liking her she does not use it. However, when they find out her true self she uses her power

Notes:
Written by JM Barrie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1st Produced:
-     1893

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Kindle Edition Amazon Media   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Opera

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Mary Rose

Synopsis:
In a Sussex manor house a ghost keeps watch, yearning for the return of her beloved boy. In the grey waters surrounding the Hebrides, a fir tree and a rowan keep vigil over a mysterious island where spirits walk. the play features live choral singing from the ensemble cast in DogOrange's physical and theatrical style, vividly evoking where the seen and unseen worlds intersect.

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1st Produced:
-     1920

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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New Word, The

Synopsis:
The Father sees his Son in uniform for the first time. The Father wants to talk but the Son does not

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1st Published:
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Old Friends

Synopsis:
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Genre:
Typescript

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Barrie - MSS.6636-41

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Old Lady Shows Her Medals, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Mrs. Dowey is entertaining three other charwomen at tea; they are all proud of their sons in the army (1914 1918). The curate arrives with Kenneth Dowey of the Black Watch in tow. But Mrs. Dowey has no son; she only pretends after seeing Kenneth's name in a newspaper. Since he has no family, he agrees to spend his leave with her and Mrs. Dowey has the long wished for experience of mothering a boy. When Private Dowey does not return, the old lady puts away his effects and bravely sets out to work.

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
published in his collection Echoes of the War in 1918   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR  24/2004  34/2014

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Pantaloon

Pantaloon
Harlequin woos Columbine under the watchful eye of Pantaloon

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Players Press 1993   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan
The tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up is one of the most famous childhood stories of all time. - See more at: http://www.theatrebythelake.com/production/11207/Peter-Pan#sthash.q5GcxYGW.dpuf

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1904

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd 1948   

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
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Peter Pan  El Musical

Synopsis:
J M Barrie's masterpiece to music - Spanis Style

Notes:
book by J M Barrie; Adapted by Cristina Fargas; music And lyrics by Cesar Constanti And Pablo Pinilla And others

1st Produced:
Garrick, London     2008

Organisations:
Theatre Properties Musical Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Quality Street

Synopsis:
Phoebe Trossel lives on Quality Street. She runs a school for unruly children. After a ten year absence her lover Captain Valentine returns from the War. He is very upset at how much older Phoebe looks. Phoebe disguises herself as Miss Livvy - young and quite a flirt and Valentine falls for her

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1st Produced:
Knickerbocker Theatre, New York     11 Nov 1901

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Historical drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR 30/2010   40/2020

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Real Thing At Last, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Richard Savage

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written JM Barrie and H B Marriott Watson

1st Produced:
Criteron Theatre, London     09 Apr 1891

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Classic Books 2000   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rosalind

Rosalind
Two elderly women in a cottage by the sea

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Players Press 1993   

Music:
-

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Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rosy Rapture, The Pride Of The Beauty Chorus

Synopsis:
Actress Rosy has married an English Lord. Now she longs to get back on the stage

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Duke of York's Theatre, London     11 Mar 1915

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Parody

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Shall We Join the Ladies?

Synopsis:
Thirteen guests for a meal. Then the host announces that they were all at the Casino in Monte Carlo when his brother was murdered and that he is going to prove it was one of them

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rada, London     27 May 1921

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Barrie - MSS.6625-35
Wearing - the London Stage 50.8

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Slice Of Life, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1910

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Twelve-Pound Look, The

Twelve-Pound Look, The
On the eve of her ex-husband receiving a knighthood - she turns up to give him a few home truths

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     c.1910

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Players Press   

Music:
-

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One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Barrie - MSS.6642-3. TR 27/2007 39/2019

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Walker London

Walker London
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Leopold Classic Library 2016   

Music:
-

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What Every Woman Knows

What Every Woman Knows
Maggie Wylie is a woman with no charm. But when her brothers catch penniless student John Shand breaking into the family home to read their books, a bizarre bargain is struck  if the Wylie's fund John's education, he will marry Maggie. John's ascent of the political ladder earns him powerful friends and the affection of the beautiful Lady Sybil Tenterden. Maggie is determined to act differently from other wives if her husband falls in love, but how will John react when he discovers that his wife, not her money, has been the making of him? What every Woman Knows has been seen as an expression of Barrie's support for the public struggle of the suffragettes to gain women the vote, as well as a deeply moving portrayal of the secrets which keep a marriage alive.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1908

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Hodder & Stoughton 1918   

Music:
Complete play: Audio Book Contractors 2016

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Lyceum - Dep.207/14. TR 26/2006 29/2009 30/2010

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Will, The

Synopsis:
A newly married couple in a solicitor's office. He wants to make a will but she thinks it is tempting fate. Years pass by an he is now a partner in the firm. She worries about the money she will inherit. Time passes by and he is now millionaire and a widower. His children are a disappointment to him. So he has a new will set up and he leaves all his money to the most despicable men he has ever met

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     c.1913

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Half Hours" published by Hodder & Stoughton 1914   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Barrie - MS.6644

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