2026-05-09 13:50 UTC
Although Barrie is remembered today almost exclusively for PETER PAN, he was a prominent 19th-century novelist & the most successful British playwright of the early 20th century.
GATEWAY TO THE MODERN, edited by Valentina Bold & Andrew Nash, explores Barrie’s multifarious career
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7/10
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/occasional_papers/gateway_to_the_modern/
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-05-09 13:51
MARY ROSE Currently available on BBC Sounds – JM Barrie’s haunting play about a girl who never grows up… Written in the aftermath of WW1, Barrie’s play about loss & the mystery of life is by turns comic, eerie, & heartbreaking 8/10 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0801l4v #Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #drama #20thcentury #WW1