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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.