The first draft of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wont Grow Up began in November of 1903, written by a man named Sir James M. Barrie. He finished the script in March of 1904. Although the play was viewed as mad by who read it, Charles Frohan supported Barrie. Frohan, being a highly acclaimed Broadway producer, gave Barrie free reign to have whatever he wanted for his show. Barrie built a flying system and a full lagoon with "real" mermaids into the theatre. The play was hard to finish builting a producing so the play, which was suppose to open on Christmas day of 1904, was post-poned. It opened two days later on December 27, 1904. The show was a success. When the prodution was put on in New York the following year, it had even better sales.
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Gillian Avery "Barrie, J. M." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Edited by Jack Zipes. Oxford University Press 2006. Central Washington University. 9 June 2009 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t204.e0213
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