James
Matthew
BARRIE
(1860
–
1937)
Born
in
Kirriemuir,
Angus,
Scotland,
studied
at
Glasgow
Academy,
Forfar
Academy,
Dumfries
Academy
and
Edinburgh
University.
He
worked
for a
year
and a
half
as a
staff
journalist
on
the Nottingham
Journal,
later
started
as a
playright.
He
wrote:
Better
Dead (1887),
When
a
Man's
Single (1888),
The
Little
Minister (1891),
Two
of
Them (1893),
A
Lady's
Shoe (1894),
The
Little
White
Bird,
or Adventures
in
Kensington
Gardens (1902),
Little
Mary (1903)
Peter
Pan (1904),
Alice
Sit-by-the-Fire (1905),
Pantaloon (1905),
Peter
and
Wendy (1911),
A
Kiss
for
Cinderella (1912),
Mary
Rose (1920),
etc.
