Abstract
Although J. M. Barrie is primarily remembered for Peter Pan (1904), he was one of the most popular playwrights of the Edwardian era.1 Leading actors, actresses, and theater managers partnered with him, other prominent literary figures respected him, and before the war he was made “Baronet.” In a time when colleagues such as Arthur Wing Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones were “strangely quiet,”—the exception being Bernard Shaw, who caused a storm after writing Common Sense About the War—Barrie was one of the few recognized playwrights who continued to write new works throughout World War I (WWI), and to receive frequent revivals of his earlier works.2
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Kubly, J.L. (2015). J. M. Barrie and World War I. In: Tholas-Disset, C., Ritzenhoff, K.A. (eds) Humor, Entertainment, and Popular Culture during World War I. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137436436_13
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