PETER PAN - JAKARTA, DUMFRIES, HOLLYWOOD, ASQUITHS

Above, we see Mary Brian, as Wendy, and Betty Bronson, as Peter Pan, in the 1924 film Peter Pan.

When the Lost Boys take command of the Jolly Roger, they raise the Stars and Stripes.

The Lost Boys are referred to as "American gentlemen".


Cynthia Asquith

Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887 – 1960)  was J. M. Barrie's personal secretary in his later years, and inherited the bulk of his estate... except for Peter Pan.

Her father was Hugo Richard Charteris, and her mother Mary Constance Wyndham.

She married Herbert Asquith in 1910.

During World War I, she was the secretary to J. M. Barrie, with whom she became close friends, continuing to work for him until his death in 1937. 

1925 - JM Barrie with Simon Asquith and Michael Asquith

"In some ways, she and her sons Michael and Simon came to replace Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (who had died) and her sons (who had either died or grown up) in Barrie's life. 

"As Barrie lay on his deathbed, Peter Llewelyn Davies – despite his personal dislike for Asquith – phoned her to come. 

"After riding through the night from southwest England to London, she – according to Nico Llewelyn Davies – had the doctor rouse Barrie with a lawyer present, and gave the dying man a revised will to sign... one which left the bulk of his estate to her, rather than the surviving Davies boys and their families.

"Peter had to work for a living, and apparently looked forward to an inheritance from Barrie as something he was due for all the grief that Peter Pan had put him through, and he hated Asquith for taking that from him."

Cynthia Asquith – Neverpedia, the Peter Pan wiki



At Moat Brae, kids from Dumfries Academy portray Peter Pan, on Channel 5 TV.


Jakarta, Indonesia.

From the ages of 13 -18, James Matthew Barrie played pirate games with his friends at Moat Brae, in Dumfries, in Scotland.


Moat Brae.

J.M. Barrie moved to Dumfries in 1873 from Kirriemuir, in Angus, where he had grown up as one of ten children in a weaving family.

Barrie stayed with his older brother Alexander, a schools inspector.

Dumfries Academy

Barrie attended Dumfries Academy where he became involved in the newly formed Dramatic Club.

It was in the Theatre Royal in Dumfries and Anderson's Library and Book Shop that Barrie developed his love of theatre. 

J.M. Barrie - the Dumfries Years (1873 - 1878)

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MOAT BRAE - PETER PAN - J M BARRIE

Moat Brae, in Dumfries. in Scotland.

Moat Brae is in the TIME FOR KIDS’ LIST OF THE WORLD’S 50 COOLEST PLACES OF 2019

Moat Brae: World's Coolest Places of 2019 | Time.com


Moat Brae inspired J M Barrie to write Peter Pan.

The TIME FOR KIDS’ LIST includes:

A Michelin-starred restaurant in Singapore with a gourmet kids' menu, and

The Statue of Liberty Museum Liberty Island, New York.

Moat Brae.

Moat Brae.


Moat Brae.

Moat Brae is a Georgian townhouse designed by Walter Newall in Dumfries, Scotland.

It was built in 1823 in the Greek revival style. 

J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, played in the house and garden as a child from the ages of 13-18 whilst at school at Dumfries Academy.



Moat Brae.

J M Barrie at the top left.

J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, played in the Moat Brae house and garden as a child from the ages of 13-18



Peter Pan at Moat Brae.

Moat Brae.



Moat Brae



The 'pirate ship' at Moat Brae.



The doll's house at Moat Brae.

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phoenix021

Kelso, United Kingdom

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Reviewed 2 days ago

Fantastic Experience

This is a new experience, having only been open about a couple of weeks, It pays a great tribute to J M Barrie and Peter Pan. Each room is well laid out and contributes to the story of the novel There is a lot to...More

Date of experience: June 2019

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Frances D

Whitehaven

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Reviewed 2 days ago

Well worth a visit - for children and for the grown ups too!

We visited on Sunday afternoon as Moat Brae is closed all day Monday. Our entrance to the house and garden was £6.50 each but if you just want to visit the café and look at the shop in the entrance; that's free. There's lots of...More

Date of experience: June 2019

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Jinty478

Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Reviewed 5 days ago via mobile

Coffee stop

Popped in for a look around as only opened on saturday if you wish to see the exhibitions you have to pay however can visit the wee shop or cafe which is what we did pity you cannot sit out in the stunning gardens however...More

Date of experience: June 2019

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margaretmilligan331

Kirkcudbright, United Kingdom

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The Peter Pan experience

Utterly magical experience...stunning garden, pirate ship, Wendy house, crocodile sculptures... inside rooms for the adults to find out about JM Barrie... upstairs children’s reading room, kids bedroom with flying Peter Pan and Tinkerbells fairy dust.... dressing up room with stage... and lots more

Date of experience: June 2019

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AndMEAnd

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The magic starts here ... a must for all ages!

Today I visited the newly opened Moat Brae ... and left this most unique home of the imagination with a light, happy heart, full of magic, my life the better for the experience. We’ve been waiting with bated breath for the opening of Moat Brae’s...More

Date of experience: June 2019

LUNCH WITH CHARLES & CAMILLA

In September 2019, I had lunch with Charles and Camilla, at a pub in Garlieston, a village in Dumfries and Galloway.

Lunch with the FT | Financial Times

Garlieston, in Dumfries and Galloway.

We tucked in to pheasant pie.


Charles and Camilla were visiting Garlieston, the Scottish D-Day planning port, and Camilla was visiting Moat Brae in Dumfries, the inspiration for J M Barries Peter Pan.

"All our family are fond of this area," said Charles. "Fergie stayed in Gatehouse after her divorce."

Moat Brae.

Camilla said: "I enjoyed my visit to Moat Brae, the place which inspired Peter Pan."


Moat Brae.

"It is an enchanted land," said Camilla.



"I met lots of children today," said Charles.

None of them mentioned Willie MacRae or Jimmy Savile's visits to Fort Augustus Abbey School.

(SPOOKS MURDERED TOP SCOT? / Savile 'was allowed to roam freely' around)


Garlieston

I asked Charles and Camilla about the roads in Dumfries and Galloway.

"There are no motorways, many of the railway lines have been closed, and the roads are narrow and twisting," said Charles.

"We used a helicopter for some of our journey," said Camilla.

"Boris Johnson wants a bridge from Northern Ireland to this part of Scotland," said Charles.

The barman quoted William McGonagall:

"Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!
"Alas! I am very sorry to say
"That ninety lives have been taken away
"On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
"Which will be remember’d for a very long time."



Why DOES the Prime Minister think he can build a bridge?... - Daily Mail

Charles playing bowls, at Garlieston.

The above is partly fiction.

PETER PAN - JM BARRIE - MOAT BRAE

The garden at Moat Brae, open from 1 June 2019.

Moat Brae is the Georgian property in Dumfries, where the young J.M. Barrie and his friends played the games that inspired Peter Pan.



"Visitors will be able to enjoy themed interactive exhibits, reading and play areas, temporary exhibitions and a shop and café overlooking the river Nith."

Moat Brae – Where Peter Pan Began

"There will be costumed guides, discovery trails and a year-round programme of inspirational activities."

Moat Brae – Where Peter Pan Began

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"Among the features will be the original Tinker Bell (a small bell that J.M. Barrie bought to be rung whenever his fairy character appeared in the original stage version of the story) and a spectacular dolls’ house nearly 6ft tall."



"And outside, in the grounds where JM Barrie played pirates in the 1870s, will be the Neverland Discovery Garden with:

A pirate ship
Wendy house



Mermaid’s Lagoon
A performance space … and much more.

Moat Brae – Where Peter Pan Began

"There is an attic recreation of the Darling children’s nursery, where visitors can attempt to catch Peter Pan’s shadow, or crawl through Nana’s kennel into a play theatre furnished with flamboyant dressing-up props."

JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan house' to open as children's literature hub ...

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Peter Pan is world famous.

Peter Pan, starring Philippe de Lacy 1924.

J M Barrie wrote about Moat Brae:

"When the shades of night began to fall, certain young mathematicians shed their triangles, crept up walls and down trees, and became pirates in a sort of Odyssey that was long afterwards to become the play of Peter Pan.

"For our escapades in a certain Dumfries Garden, which is enchanted land to me, was certainly the genesis of that nefarious work".

Peter and Wendy

Peter Pan began at Moat Brae, the Georgian town house in Dumfries in Scotland.

As a boy, Peter Pan's author J.M. Barrie played in the gardens of Moat Brae, the 'enchanted land'.

Philippe de Lacy in Peter Pan 1924.

J.M. Barrie based Peter Pan on Michael Llewelyn Davies.

Barrie first met Michael, and Michael's brothers, in London's Kensington Gardens.

Barrie became the boys' guardian after the early deaths of their parents, Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.


The Davies boys: Nico (in father Arthur's arms), Jack, Peter, George, Michael (in front)

Sylvia Llewelyn Davies was Sylvia du Maurier, related to novelist Daphne du Maurier.

Lord Boothby (right)

Michael's friend at Eton and Oxford University was Robert Boothby.

Boothby once said of Michael Llewelyn Davies: "Barrie loved him with 'a great love'."

(Source: The Real Peter Pan: The Tragic Life Of Michael Llewelyn Davies - by Piers Dudgeon -dailymail )

Michael's brother Nico, who died in 1980, said that Barrie was "a lover of childhood."

Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.

Michael

Sylvia Llewelyn Davies welcomed Barrie into the lives of her young family.

Her husband Arthur, a barrister, "found it irksome that he almost always found his children at play with 'Uncle Jim'."

(Source: The Real Peter Pan: The Tragic Life Of Michael Llewelyn Davies - by Piers Dudgeon)

J.M. Barrie playing Captain Hook with Michael Llewelyn Davies in 1905. "It was from the time of this photograph that Michael’s recurring nightmares began." dailymail

J M Barrie was married to Mary Ansell, a young actress.

Mary once said that the nearness of their house to the Llewelyn Davieses' made J M Barrie's 'philanderings' with the boys 'ever more easy'.

Mary was not happy when Barrie took Sylvia and Michael on holiday to Paris.

Mary and Sylvia's husband Arthur were left behind.

Michael's brother Nico once said that Barrie was in love with Michael, 'as he was in love with my mother'.

(Source: The Real Peter Pan: The Tragic Life Of Michael Llewelyn Davies - by Piers Dudgeon)

Barrie 

In 1904, Arthur Llewelyn Davies moved his family to Berkhamsted.

In 1907, Arthur died of cancer.

In 1909, J.M. Barrie divorced his wife Mary Ansell 'after she sought consolation in the arms of another man.'

1912: Michael with Barrie in Scotland.

Barrie began taking Michael and his brothers for annual holidays in Scotland.

1n 1910, Sylvia died from cancer.

Michael had "nightmares about water and ghosts coming through the window."

In 1913, Michael went to Eton.

Barrie began to write to him every day.

Michael 

At Eton, a boy called Roger Senhouse developed a crush on Michael.

After Eton, Michael, and Robert Boothby, went to Oxford University.

Buxton

At Oxford, Michael met the handsome Rupert Buxton.

One student said of Michael and Rupert that they were 'inseparable… a peerless couple, and everyone who knew either of them loved them'.

Another wrote that 'whoever came into contact with them recognised that they had in more than normal abundance the gift of personality. Either of them might have become an immortal genius or a martyr'.

Michael decided that eventually he wanted to study at the Sorbonne.

"He was drawing away from Barrie.

"But Barrie wouldn't let him go. He bought Michael a cottage in Sussex, but Michael wasn’t interested."

(Source: The Real Peter Pan: The Tragic Life Of Michael Llewelyn Davies - by Piers Dudgeon)

In 1921, Michael and Rupert were swimming at Sandford, on the Thames, 'a blackspot for swimming accidents'.

Both Michael and Rupert were drowned.

The coroner's conclusion was that Michael had drowned accidentally, and that Rupert had drowned trying to save him.

Michael Llewelyn Davies - Wikipedia

Have a look at "Neverland: J.M. Barrie, The Du Mauriers, and the Dark Side."