| It is a fairy play. There isn't a thing
in it which could ever happen in real life. That is as it should be. It
is consistently beautiful, sweet, clean, fascinating, satisfying, charming,
and impossible from beginning to end. It breaks all the rules of life drama,
but preserves intact all the rules of fairyland, and the result is altogether
contenting to the spirit. The longing of my heart is a fairy portrait of
myself: I want to be pretty; I want to eliminate facts and fill up the gap
with charms. - Interview in Seattle Star, Nov. 30, 1905, p. 8. |
 AI image created by Barbara Schmidt |
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It is my belief that Peter Pan is a great and refining and uplifting
benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age; and that the next best play
on the boards is a long way behind it as long as you play Peter. |
Maude Adams in the role of Peter Pan, 1906. Photo courtesy of Dave Thomson. |
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