The article "Captain Hook at Eton" discusses the challenge posed by the Provost of Eton to disprove the claim that Captain James Hook, the pirate captain from J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, was a great Etonian but not a good one. The author argues that Hook was a good Etonian, though not a great one, and sets out to collect facts about Hook's early...More
Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright known for creating Peter Pan, a story about a boy who never grows up and has magical adventures in Neverland with a girl named Wendy. Barrie lived in Scotland before moving to London where he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy's magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Peter Pan became his most popular work, overshadowing his other successful novels and plays. Barrie gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great...More
Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright known for creating Peter Pan, a story about a boy who never grows up and has magical adventures in Neverland with a girl named Wendy. Barrie lived in Scotland before moving to London where he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy's magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Peter Pan became his most popular work, overshadowing his other successful novels and plays. Barrie gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children before his death, which still benefits from them today.
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The article "Captain Hook at Eton" discusses the challenge posed by the Provost of Eton to disprove the claim that Captain James Hook, the pirate captain from J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, was a great Etonian but not a good one. The author argues that Hook was a good Etonian, though not a great one, and sets out to collect facts about Hook's early days. The article states that Hook was an Old Boy about whom Eton has preserved few traditions, but he was also in residence at Balliol College, where he borrowed poetry books from the library. The article also notes that Hook was not particularly notable athletically but was 12th man in the College 100 yards. The article concludes with the mention that Hook left Oxford one morning, like many subsequently famous people.
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