Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie
Let's meet Sir James M Barrie
(1860-1937)
Hello, I'm James Barrie!
I come from Scotland.
I'm a writer and I love writing books and plays for the theatre.
I have a big St Bernard dog called Porthos.
I often take him to Kensington Gardens in London.
Here I meet many children and tell them stories.
My first novel is The Little Minister (1891).
My play Peter Pan (1904) is a big success.
Children and adults like this play a lot.
(Sir James M Barrie dies in London in 1937.)
J M Barrie and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
J M Barrie likes children very much.
He wants children to be well and happy.
In London there is a hospital for sick children called Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Barrie often visits this hospital because he wants to help the children.
Barrie is a very generous man.
In 1929 he makes an important decision:
Every time Peter Pan is performed in a theatre, the money from the play goes to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
This money helps the children, the hospital, the doctors and the nurses.
Peter Pan is performed once a year at the hospital.
This is a very happy event for the sick children.
