Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-12-12
PETER PAN.
J. NJ. 6arrie's Wonderful Play Al
Chandler Music Hall Dec. 26.

Charles Frohman will present "Pete
Pan,' the most successful play of the cen
tury, at Chandler Music hall Thursday
evening, Dec. 26.
This wonderful play, written by j. M
Barrie, the author of ssThe Little Minis
ter" has enjoyed popularity far distanc
ing that of any other modern stage pro-
duction. In writing stPeter PAM Mr.
Barrie worked with pen of magic and in
1t he has given to the stage a play that
captivates young and old alike and one
that is hailed with admiration and affec-
ton wherever it is seen. "Peter PAM
has been played in every country where
the English language is spoken. In Eng
land it seemed perennial, for there it has
been played with constant success every
year for the past five years. More Ameri-
can play-goers in the past three seasons
have seen tPeter PAM than have seen
any other half dozen plays that have run
the same length of time. In fact, the
American and English public capituiated
at once to ''Peter PAM and the host of
its lovers is always increasing. To con-
fess that one has not seen 'sPeter PAM.
wherever this has been at all possible, is
to be regarded by the sfPeter PAM en-
thusiast as either exceptionally unfortun-
noS VI SUI ttttsoiISly oIu, anu OiSS
seen it not to have enlisted in the vast
army of s'Peter Pan" devotees is looked
upon as a thing altogether unbelievable.
ssPeter Pan" makes staunch and loving
friends of all who see it. Its spell is beau
tiful and irresistible, and its audiences
are captivated by its orig inality and in
genuity, and delighted with its fantasti-
cal characters and their thrilling adven-
lures. "Peter PAM brings back the
glow of youth to old hearts and adds bub-
bles to the sparkling imaginations OF the
young folks. Its fairies and Indians and
pirates and other odd and extraordinary
characters, glorious Peter Pan himself
and his Never-Never-Ne overland boys, its
happy rompings, its hairbreadth escapes
and its piratical battles win the love of
everybody and leave memories that will
never be effaced. There never was a play
that gave such sweet satisfaction or that
filled the mind and heart with such fra
GRANGE. And this explains the phenom-
email success and lasting popularity. of
g Peter PAM
"Peter Pan" must be seen to be under
stood and appreciated. To know him
you must see the marvellous lad, Peter
Pan, who "Wouldn't Grow Up,n in his
attractive surroundings in the Never
Land, where with the cid of
the fairy, Tinker Bell, he accomplishes
startling deeds and shows himself to be as
fearless as he is lovable. You simply
will be compelled to believe in fairies,
whether you want to or not, after you
come to know Peter and Tinker, and the
chances are one hundred to one that you
will be eager and happy to join the vast
number of Peter Pan fairy believers. Be
sides Peter, you will meet Little Wendy,
who mothers the lost boys of the Never
Never-Never Land: the diabolical pirate
chief, Hook, whom Peter Stays in fierce
conflict, and the crocodile
hat has swallowed an alarm clock and
hounds Hook as persistently as ever
Sherlock Holmes followed a clue. Be-
tides all these there are wolves and other
animals, and many other strange crea-
lures drawn from the story books of our
childhood days. Mr.. Barrie has mixed
hem all up in a whimsical romance of
ais own-a real thriIler-and offers a
of gentle philosophy and
aughter-compelIing heroics that please
ind delight the fancy. brief outline of
he story of ssPeter Pan" will show you
low Mr.. Barrie does this:-
Peter Pan is a boy who does not want
o grow up. He ran away to the Never
NeverNever Land and would fly back to
where the Darling children lived to hear
heir mother telling stories. In this way
he lost his shadow. He comes back to
he house and, finding the children |
leeping, he jumps in and searches for the
ost shadow. Little Wendy, the oldest of |
he trio, wakes, and he tells her about the |
Aries. She is fascinated and he tells her |
Ill about the land where he lives with his |
3and. He shows her how easy it is to
1y. The other children awake, and they i
loon learn how to fly, and Peter per-
uades them to follow him. The next |
cene is in the Never-Never- Never-Land, |
md Peters band is building a house for |
Vendy. Pan and the children go to live
N his house below the woods, where |
Wendy becomes the make-believe little |
mother. Above the cave, the redskins, |
Who are Peters friends, are camping, and /
With them is the dark-skinned Tiger Lily, /
Who loves Peter Pan. Through this
Gene and unknown to them floats Tinker
Bell, fairy whom mortal eyes only see as /
dancing flash of light. The pirates at
ack the redskins and drive them away, |
md capturing the children take them to
he pirate ship. But Peter comes to the
escue, and the children reach home safe
Y. Wendy begs Peter to remain, and he
,egs her to come back to the NeverNev-
r-Never Land, where there are no moth
RS to tell stories and no one to tuck the |
title fellows in bed at night. But Peter |
loes not want to grow up, so he flies
way to his home in the tree-tops, where
Nendy visits him every spring to do his
house cleaning. |
"Peter PAM being a Charles Frohman |
that