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THIS `PETER PAN' TAKES OFF WITH POIGNANT TWISTS

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20030820
Author:Richard Dyer, Globe Staff

STOCKBRIDGE - Peter Pan doesn't fly very long or very high in the Berkshire Theatre Festival's production, but the play does.

The BTF decided to produce James M. Barrie's classic about the boy who refused to grow up in a version that John Caird and Trevor Nunn created in London in 1982. Their idea was to add material to Barrie's play from his other versions of the tale - the novel, a movie treatment for Charlie Chaplin, and other writings. They also added a new character, a "Storyteller," who delivers some of the stage directions and much of the new material.

This version adds adult emotional ...

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