He takes things way too far, but doesn't realize it, because he lacks this sort of self-insight. Peter is cocky and has a devil-may-care attitude. He even congratulates himself on something Wendy did, naturally offending her. He is a boastful and careless boy to the extreme. Peter in the original play and novel is a bit of a daredevil and heartless, as little children are. However, it's indicated that Peter still has all his baby teeth. In The Little White Bird he was only seven days old and, although his age is never clearly stated, in both the play and the novel, it's clear that several years has elapsed since then. Peter Pan has, however, appeared as a variety of ages. Barrie's older brother David who died in an ice-skating accident the day before he turned 14, and thus always stayed a young boy in his mother's mind. The notion of a boy who would "never grow up" was based on J. Traditionally the character has been played on stage by an adult woman. In some illustrations he is shown to be Scottish/Irish with a hint of Greek or East European in him. In many adaptions he is usually described as having the wild streak of the Celt with a dash of the Mediterranean mixed in. In the play, Peter's outfit is made of autumn leaves and cobwebs.
He describes him as a beautiful boy with a beautiful smile, "clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that flow from trees".
Barrie mentions in Peter and Wendy that the character still had all of his baby teeth. The play was later published as a novel Peter and Wendy and eventually just shortened to Peter Pan.īarrie never described Peter's appearance in detail, even in the novel Peter and Wendy, leaving much of it to the imagination of the reader. The character of Peter Pan is best known for his appearance in the 1904 stage play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who wouldn't Grow Up. Later on, in 1904, the chapters containing Peter were re-published under the name Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird.
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