J.M. Barrie drew on the tradition of Pantomime performance that continues to this day. Watch this brief clip from the Belgrade Theatre located in Coventry, England.

This interview with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst touches on many topics related to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in its various facets.

How does this context make you reconsider elements of the play or novel? (optional – but we will be discussing it in class, so it might be a good idea to jot some ideas down.)