Dramaturgical Essay On Peter And The Starcatcher

Brittany DeMars

Heather Tinker

Exploring Theatre

April 6th, 2018

Dramaturgical Essay on Peter and the Starcatcher a play by Rick Elice

So the play Peter in the Starcatcher by Rick Elice is adapted from the book by Dave Barry. This is the prequel story to Peter Pan, it is about how Peter Pan became Peter Pan. This is the story of three orphan boys, a girl named Molly Aster, her father, two gangs of pirates, and some natives.The story takes you through how Molly meets Peter, and the responsibility Molly has because she is one of the last Starcatchers. She has to protect the secrete or the Star Catchers, but when she is taken along with her father, The story starts to unfold and eventually the characters all end up on an island, that becomes known as Neverland, Peter and the other orphan

J.M. Barrie, actually first introduced the character of Peter Pan in his 1902 novel call, The Little White Bird, in a chapter entitled “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.” After writing this book Barrie expanded on the story of Peter Pan in 1904 with a play called, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. In this story, we also meet Wendy Darling, her two brothers, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys, and some troublesome pirates.These stories of Peter Pan a magical boy who could fly and who never grew up was an instant hit in England and the United States. In 1911 Barrie then followed up on the play’s success by publishing the story in a book, called Peter and Wendy. Although Barrie continued to write successful novels and plays, such as The Twelve Pound Look, None of them would ever have the impact Peter Pan had. In 1929, J.M. Barrie gave the copyrights to all of the Peter Pan works to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, England. The hospital which even today continues to receive funding from the