In one of this man's plays, a wife arranges for her husband's mistress to stay at the Comtesse de la Briere's cottage while her husband is also there, in the hope that he will become so sick of her that he'll end the affair.
In one of this man's plays, a wife arranges for her husband's mistress to stay at the Comtesse de la Briere's cottage while her husband is also there, in the hope that he will become so sick of her that he'll end the affair. In that play, the student John Shandy agrees to marry Maggie Wylie in exchange for access to her family's books after he is caught breaking into their library. In another of this man's plays, one character throws away a hairpin he finds, causing consternation from several other characters, and another character has his head immersed in cold water every time he utters an epigram. The title butler of that play has an affair with Lady Mary Lasenby and becomes leader of a group of aristocrats when they are shipwrecked on an island. This author of What Every Woman Knows and The Admirable Crichton also wrote a work in which the title character teaches the Darling children how to fly to Neverland. For 10 points, name this author of Peter Pan.
In one of this man's plays, a wife arranges for her husband's mistress to stay at the Comtesse de la Briere's cottage while her husband is also there, in the hope that he will become so sick of her that he'll end the affair.
James Matthew (J. M.) {Barrie}