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Peter Pan and Wendy09 January 2004
There've been countless interpretations of JM Barrie's classic tale of the flying boy, Peter Pan.

There was the winsome Disney version, Spielberg's Hook and even a sixties psychedelic version which landed the producer in jail for obscenity. And they're still coming - with a new film, a new theatre production and a new book.

The character of Wendy has been interpreted in many different ways over the years. Was she a tomboy or mother to the lost boys? Julia Eccleshare, children's book editor at The Guardian and author of Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter and Karen Wallace author of Wendy, join Martha to discuss.

Wendy
By Karen Wallace 
Published by Simon and Schuster
ISBN 068983747X

Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter by Julia Eccleshare is published by National Portrait Gallery ISBN 1855143429

The film Peter Pan is showing at cinemas around the country
The stage version of Peter Pan is at the Savoy Theatre, London until 20 March

BBC Films: Peter Pan


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