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PETER PAN

Peter Pan is a children's play written by J M Barrie and first produced in 1904, it was a popular hit and established J M Barrie as a top playwright of the era. It featured actress Maude Adams, who had starred in several previous J M Barrie plays and joined him in a stage partnership.
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J M BARRIE

Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He was born in 1860 at Kirriemuir, Angus and died in 1937. He studied at Edinburgh University, graduating as M.A. in 1882. After entering journalism in 1883, first at Nottingham and then at London, he became renowned for his books and plays including the 1904 children's play 'Peter Pan'. His first book, Better Dead published in 1887 was a satire on London life, and was followed by the highly successful Auld Licht Idylls in 1888, with its sequel A Window in Thrums (that is, Kirriemuir), published in 1889. Among his novels and tales are When a Man's Single; My Lady Nicotine; The Little Minister; Sentimental Tommy; Tommy and Grizel; The Little White Bird. Successful plays are Walker, London ; The Professor's Love Story; The Little Minister (based on the novel); the Admirable Crichton; Quality Street; Little Mary. His plays on the whole have been even more successful than his other works.
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MICHAEL JACKSON

Michael Joseph Jackson (nicknamed Wacko Jacko) was an American singer. He was born in 1958 at Gary, Indiana and died in 2009 of a heart attack. He started his career with his brothers singing in 'The Jackson Five', when he was eleven years old and went on to become one of the biggest music stars of all time, his album 'Thriller' selling more copies than any other record. Michael Jackson was denied a child hood, by his father, being pushed to become a music star and forced to perform, an abuse which left the performer an eccentric character, his adult life being dogged by peculiarities, not least of which was the constant operations to alter his appearance and make him appear more caucasian and less negro. Allegations of child abuse were denied, and he was acquitted, though the suspicion remained, fuelled in no small part by his reclusive nature and obsession with infantile behaviour, he lived on a ranch he called 'Never Land', a reference to the play Peter Pan.
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MARGALO GILLMORE

Margalo Gillmore was an English actress. She was born in 1897 at London and died in 1986. Primarily a Broadway actress, she played 'Mrs Darling' in the 1960 film 'Peter Pan'.
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MAUDE ADAMS

Maude Adams (real name Maude Kiskadden) was an American actress. She was born in 1872 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1953. She starred in many of the plays of J M Barrie and is rumoured to have been the inspiration for the character of 'Peter Pan'.
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HOOK

Hook is a Steven Spielberg adaptation of the book Peter Pan starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins in a story about a grown-up Peter Pan who travels back to Neverland when his children are abducted by Captain Hook. Hook was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1991.

PETER PAN

Peter Pan is London Cockney rhyming slang for a van.
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