Peter Pan and The Inconsiderate Waiter

Written by James Matthew Barrie

Narrated by Alison Larkin

“All children, except one, grow up”.

Peter Pan

J.M. Barrie's classic tale of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. When Peter flies into the Darling home looking for his shadow he teaches Wendy, John and Michael how to fly with him back to the island of Neverland. There they embark on an 'awfully big adventure.'

The Inconsiderate Waiter

In the world of the Victorian Club, it does not do for a gentleman to be seen to take an interest in any member of the working class. How dreadfully inconvenient then, when the narrator's waiter begins to display alarming tendencies towards having a personality, and feelings of his own.

The last thing any respectable gentleman should do is permit himself to be drawn into this dubious world...let alone entertain emotions such as interest or empathy for a member of the lower class.

Additional Content:

Alison Larkin on Peter Pan and life 'betwixt and between' England and America.
Brief summary and introduction to J.M. Barrie’s short story, The Inconsiderate Waiter.
Title and end music by Emmy Award-winning composer, Gary Schriener.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alison Larkin Presents
• Release date: Mar 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944786670

James Matthew Barrie

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish playwright and novelist best remembered for creating the character Peter Pan. The mischievous boy first appeared in Barrie's novel The Little White Bird in 1902 and then later in Barrie's most famous work, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, which premiered on stage in 1904 and was later adapted into a novel in 1911. An imaginative tale about a boy who can fly and never ages, the story of Peter Pan continues to delight generations around the world and has become one of the most beloved children's stories of all time. Peter's magical adventures with Tinker Bell, the Darling children, and Captain Hook have been adapted into a variety of films, television shows, and musicals.