The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-17
ADJUSTMENTS
Peter Pan'


 Without Maude Adams Peter Pan" ]. M. Barrie's exquisite fantasy of child hood. would lack the elusive charm Of one of the most magnetic and fascinating players on the American stage. Therefore, 1t was an suspicious occasion for Br- mingham theatregoers when Miss Adams returned to Birmingham as the star of the play In which she has won so many hearts. Yesterday afternoon and last night two immense audiences greeted Peter Pan" at the Jefferson theatre, anxi- ous to renew q delightful acquaintance and to visit once more that wonderful Never, Never Never Land" where the lost children stay. The home under ground. the pirate ship. the home in the treetops and all the other memorable scenes were as vivid ever and the irrepressible spirits of Peter have cer- tainly kept bubbling and hubbling, just as if Miss Adams were not doing "Chantec- Ter" and Joan of Arc" and other ann btious plays during the years that have intervened since her first appearance here in Peter Pan"
 The whimsical imagination of Barrie. his humor and his youthful heart have been given ample scope in this play, the most unique and perhaps the most popu- lar he has ever written for the stage
 It was with unfeigned delight that the familiar characters. including MT and Mrs. Darling, that wonderful dog nurse Man. Windy and Michael and John Dar ling, spiteful Tinker Bell and the despica- ble Hook along with the dauntless Peter Pan, were welcomed back. Can there ever be another assembly of characters so whimsical got together upon the stage and involved in adventures so extraordi- nary? From the time Peter flies into the Darling home and flies away with the Darling children to their final return and Peters farewell, surely no youngsters eevr had such thrilling experiences, so glorious Iy triumphant in the end! Whipping ship full of pirates and chasing etheir dreadful leader into the sea was perhaps one of the most exciting adventures that befell the Daling children and their friends from Never, Never. Never Land but there were other times when brave hearts were needed and the resourceful leadership of Peter could not be dispensed
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 Miss Adams entered into the spirit of Peter with all the buoyancy of an initial effort She was the same gay youth with all of his splendid dreams and the unchanging desire that he might never grow up, a creature of the sunshine and the treetops and a playmate of fairies. All who have ever seen Miss Adams in this role will no doubt cherish a lasting memory of her arch look, her jaunfy feather and her woodland costume. go ad- mlrably in keeping with the scheme of Peter Pans existence. Miss Adams IS quite resplendant sometimes in a suit of white, but she idealizes the hero of Never, Never, Never Land more per fectly in her forester costume, with Robin Hood feather in her cap.
 It is to be hoped that no one else will ever attempt to play "peter Pan" h this country at any rate. Miss Adams will always be so closely and so lovingly identified with the part that any successor to her would have great obstacles to over come. Ii is hardly probable that such a thing will ever be attempted, m view oi the fact that no one else seems capable of giving a performance that would com pare favorably with that of Miss Adams. "so biithe so ful of cheer" so radiant with the charm of amending youth, the most bewitching and most impossible dream of all.
 In the excellent company supporting Miss Adams are several familiar faces Miss Dorothy Dun continues to give all excellent and winsome performance as Wcndy, the little mother" of Never Never. Never Land" Robert Peyton Car. ter as MT. Darling and Captain Hook gave q good account of himself in dual roles. Marion Abbott as Mrs Darling Aubrey Ridgewell ss Michael Darling and Edwin Wilson as John Darling were well cast while Mama the nurse dog, was presented in a most affecting manner Jy Byron Silvers and tiny Miss Helen Mc- Donald as Liza made her diminutive sed count for great deal. Tinker Bell. played Herself" seemed to have taken an embonpoint since her last appearance here. being somewhat, larger in her di- mensions. but just as sprightly as ever and just as uncertoin as to temper. How ever. Tinker Bell was by no means un- popular. for when Peter Pan called for the signal from the audience that would re- store Tinker Bell to life there vas a gen erotis. response. A rather selfish career was ennobled by one good deed when Tikner drank the poisoned medicine in- tended for Peter Pan
 Those who had never seen Miss Adams before in Peter Pan were afforded op- portunties yesterday afternoon and last night fo witnsss sky snas shey will