Contemporary English Literature Book by Edwin C. Bolles, Mark Longaker; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953

The Christmas holidays of 1904 saw the historic first performance of Peter Pan , that all but immortal fantasy for children, that for more than a generation has been revived annually. To many now middle aged, Maude Adams as Peter Pan is an ineffaceable part of their childhood. His next important play, What Every Woman Knows , a comedy of Scottish character recalling his early stories, appeared in 1908 and brings to a close the first period of his dramatic work.

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