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Peter Pan stuff
Recently I borrowed The Annotated Peter Pan edited by Maria Tartar from the library. It's great! I love well-done annotated editions and this is one of them. I haven't finished all the introductions yet but I'm already filled with glee. I just have to share these tidbits with you before I continue reading:
The illustrations include a number of playbills from various productions of Peter Pan, and looking at one of them I found that Gerald du Maurier once played Mr. Darling/Captain Hook. If that name sounds familiar, it's because in addition to being a famous actor in his own right, he was also the father of Daphne du Maurier. But it gets even better: while making sure that I was writing down the correct name, I also found out that he George du Maurier was the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, the mother of the boys who inspired Peter Pan!!! Where the hell is my historical fiction about these people?!?! It's perfect story material!
In the same production, the role of Wendy Darling was played by Helena Trevelyan. I don't have anything special to say about the real person, just that now I want to write Bloody Jack fic about Randall or Amy's descendant becoming a famous actress in England.
The role of Captain Hook has also been played by Boris Karloff, perhaps most well-known for his work in 1930s horror films. Just to emphasize, the actor who played this guy also played this guy.
I can't wait to find out what else is in this book. Thank you, Maria Tartar!
ETA: While looking up books about the du Maurier family in my library's catalog, I came across Neverland by Piers Dudgeon. A nonfiction book, this is the summary provided:
Relates the tragic story of the author of the beloved children's novel, who learned hypnosis to captivate and psychologically abuse a family with whom he had become obsessed, the very family that inspired the Darlings of "Peter Pan."
...no, thanks.
The illustrations include a number of playbills from various productions of Peter Pan, and looking at one of them I found that Gerald du Maurier once played Mr. Darling/Captain Hook. If that name sounds familiar, it's because in addition to being a famous actor in his own right, he was also the father of Daphne du Maurier. But it gets even better: while making sure that I was writing down the correct name, I also found out that he George du Maurier was the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, the mother of the boys who inspired Peter Pan!!! Where the hell is my historical fiction about these people?!?! It's perfect story material!
In the same production, the role of Wendy Darling was played by Helena Trevelyan. I don't have anything special to say about the real person, just that now I want to write Bloody Jack fic about Randall or Amy's descendant becoming a famous actress in England.
The role of Captain Hook has also been played by Boris Karloff, perhaps most well-known for his work in 1930s horror films. Just to emphasize, the actor who played this guy also played this guy.
I can't wait to find out what else is in this book. Thank you, Maria Tartar!
ETA: While looking up books about the du Maurier family in my library's catalog, I came across Neverland by Piers Dudgeon. A nonfiction book, this is the summary provided:
Relates the tragic story of the author of the beloved children's novel, who learned hypnosis to captivate and psychologically abuse a family with whom he had become obsessed, the very family that inspired the Darlings of "Peter Pan."
...no, thanks.