The Admirable Crichton
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The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie and premiered in London in that year and in New York the next. It gently satirises English society by depicting the change
A scene from the 1902 production, including H. B. Irving as Crichton (left) and Henry Kemble, as the Earl of Loam (centre).
On the island, 1902 production
Mary (left), Agatha (centre) and Catherine in the 1902 production.
J. M. Barrie
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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a British 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
The Admirable Crichton
…The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie and premiered in London in that year and in New York the next. It gently satirises English society by depicting the change in the balance of power…
Portrait by Herbert Rose Barraud, 1892
Barrie in 1892
Some of Barrie's novels
Peter Pan statue (1912) by Sir George Frampton in Kensington Gardens, London