Wendy & Peter Pan (NHB Modern Plays)
By Ella Hickson
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Ella Hickson's version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage, in an adaptation that is refreshingly modern but never loses the charm of the original.
Winter 1908. Snow is falling across London. Wendy Darling and her brothers sleep peacefully in their bedroom, as their parents bicker downstairs. In a sudden flurry of snow their window blows open, and into their lives tumbles a mischievous boy called Peter, followed by a fractious fairy called Tink.
With the aid of a little fairy dust, Wendy agrees to fly with Peter to Neverland, seeing not only the promise of an awfully big adventure, but also the chance to rediscover the key to her parents' lost happiness. Once there, she will give the Lost Boys a run for their money, defeat Captain Hook and his pirate crew, and ultimately, learn what it means to grow up.
Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ella Hickson's Wendy & Peter Pan premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in December 2013. It was revived by the RSC in 2015.
The play will suit any theatre company or youth group looking to stage a classic tale, full of magic, adventure and strong female roles.
Ella Hickson
Ella Hickson is an award-winning writer whose work has been performed throughout the UK and abroad. Her work includes: Oil (Almeida Theatre, London, 2016); Wendy & Peter Pan (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013 and 2015); Riot Girls (Radio 4); Boys (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton/Headlong Theatre/HighTide Festival Theatre, 2012); The Authorised Kate Bane (Grid Iron/Traverse Theatre, 2012); Rightfully Mine (Radio 4); Precious Little Talent (Trafalgar Studios/Tantrums Productions, 2011), Hot Mess (Arcola Tent/ Tantrums Productions, 2010) and Eight (Trafalgar Studios/Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh, 2008/9).
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Reviews for Wendy & Peter Pan (NHB Modern Plays)
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was pleasantly surprised by this play, which I enjoyed, as I did Barrie's introduction. I had previously read the children's story to my children and had expected the play to be very similar to the book, although necessarily compressed. However, although the same basic story, it is an independent work (having been written before the book). It is darker, which surprised me, and Peter Pan is a much more ambiguous figure of the child who never wants to grow up.Well worth reading.I read the Folio Society edition with illustrations with Paula Rego. I looked at the pictures before I read the play and thought that they were typically brilliant Rego, but incorporating her ideas rather than illustrating the play. But once I had read the play, I realised that the illustrations are true to the play, not the book, and the more enjoyable for that.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My favorite play of all time. One of the best quotes of the book is: "one girl is worth twenty boys" and I think that's enough to read the story for.