In the original stage productions he was said to wear auburns, tans, browns and cobwebs. JM Barrie needed a house that could be built quickly as these lyrics were sang “I wish I had a darling house, The littlest ever seen, with funny little red walls, and roof of mossy green”.Ħ. The first Wendy house appeared on stage in 1904. Jonny Weldon as Peter and Tinkerbell as a puppet (designed by Su Dacre), as seen in Polka’s production of Peter Pan. Sue has also made us some spectacular flying puppets, who soar over the audience. In our production Tinker Bell is a beautiful puppet designed by Sue Dacre, a regular puppet maker at Jim Henson. In the original stage productions, Tinker Bell was a dot of light that moved about the stage focused by a mirror. The original productions pioneered new stage effects. Originally Peter and the Lost Boys could fly unaided, but after several reports of children injuring themselves attempting to fly from their beds, JM Barrie added Fairy Dust as a necessary factor for flying.Ĥ. Fairy Dust was added later for health and safety reasons. By transporting the story to a new era, I hope we can take a fresh look at this familiar tale about growing up or staying young forever.ģ. It was a time when the very idea of what it was to be young or old was shifting. In that spirit, our version of Peter Pan is set in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The script was rewritten and changed each year. JM Barrie was constantly updating the story.

Peter and wendy book