York Theatre RoyalFrom its first appearance on 27 December 1904, the appeal of JM Barrie's story about "the boy who wouldn't grow up" was intergenerational. Children relished its adventures; adults either enjoyed the story as a parable of lost youth or dismissed it as drama while dissecting its psychological implications. So great was the play's success that not until 1940 did it miss a Christmas season on the London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on August 27, 2011