Explore – Books for Young Children
1907
2020
Think more about Tiger Lily
Watch: That Musical and Tiger Lily
There are three videos in this playlist. The first is from the 1960 live telecast. The second is from a televised version of the play in 2000 and the last is a recording of the song in question, “Ugg-a-Wugg” as redone with slightly different lyrics (and with controversy) for Peter Pan Live! on NBC in 2014.
Consider what the movement in the first two, paired with the lyrics of the song seem to convey to an audience.
In communities around the country people continue to do the musical. At community theatres, many kids get to be involved as Lost Boys or Indians.
Optional – Read what the actor cast as Tiger Lily had to say of the 2014 televised production. (outside link)
Watch and Explore: Peter Pan’s of the 21st Century
On Film and TV
Includes trailers or clips from:
- Return to Neverland, Disney, 2002
- Peter Pan, directed by PJ Hogan, 2003.
- Finding Neverland, directed by Marc Foster, 2004.
- About J.M. Barrie and the Llewlyn Davies boys.
- Neverland, (2 parts) directed by Nick Willing, 2011.
- “Let’s Play” Once Upon a Time, ABC, 2013.
- Pan, Warner Brothers, directed by Joe Wright, 2015.
- Peter and Wendy, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, 2015.
- Wendy, Warner Brothers, directed by Benh Zeitlin, 2020.
- Come Away, directed by Brenda Chapman, 2020.
- Also involves Alice in Wonderland.
On Stage
Includes trailers or clips from:
- Peter and Wendy, Mabou Mines, performed periodically between 1996-2011.
- Peter Pan in Kensington Garden, Three Sixty Entertainment, performed on-site in Kensington Garden, London in 2009.
- Peter and the Starcatcher, Broadway, 2012.
- A prequel based on the book by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson.
- Wendy & Peter Pan, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK), 2013, clip from 2019
- Peter Pan, The Washington Ballet, 2014.
- “Pan Pan Baby” music video for Peter Pan, The Musical at the Children’s Theatre Company (Minneapolis) in 2015.
- Finding Neverland, performance clip from the Tony Awards, 2015. Based on the film.
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong Mischief Theatre, UK, original trailer for 2016. Televised for the BBC in
- Peter Pan at the National Theatre (of the United Kingdom) in 2017
- This complete production is watchable through the Brooklyn College Library’s Alexander Street database.
- For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, Playwright’s Horizon (New York City), 2017.
- The story of Peter Pan is used to tell a story of aging and the loss of a parent.
- Peter Pan, a Musical Adventure at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in 2018.
- Peter Pan and Wendy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, DC) in 2019.
- Peter Pan the Arena Adventure (with Boy George) from the World’s Biggest Productions/Jon Conway Productions, UK. 2023.
- Peter Pan, The Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland in 2023.
- This production swapped the double casting of Mr. Darling and Hook, to Mrs. Darling and Hook.
- Wendy and Peter Pan
Peter Right Now. Tiger Lily Right Now.
In the last module, I gave you a link to a recent stage production, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, originally presented in the United Kingdom. When the show came to Broadway last summer, the scene in which Tiger Lily is rescued by Peter Pan was redone for the United States, eliminating Tiger Lily and replacing a rescue of a Lost Boy.
Rethinking the original 1954 musical
A newly updated version of the musical has been adapted by the Native American playwright, Larissa Fasthorse (the first Native American to have a play on Broadway, The Thanksgiving Play) and is currently touring in the United States with some expectation of a Broadway run.
Hear from the actor playing Tiger Lily
Optional: Read reviews from The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune.
Disney’s latest Peter Pan & Wendy, 2023
Explore the new film’s Tiger Lily
Watch and Read
Read more about this casting:
Blair, Elizabeth. “Peter Pan still hasn’t grown up, but Tiger Lily has changed.” NPR. May 9, 2023.
Lang, Cady. “How a New Peter Pan Adaptation Confronts Its Racist Origins.” Time. April 28, 2023.
What do you think of these various efforts to revisit and reconsider Peter Pan for today? Do you think that they are effective? A good idea? A
bad idea? Do they ‘fix’ a problem or hide it? Should Peter Pan still have the prominence as a character and story that it does? Would you share the original text(s) or musical, or Disney film of Peter Pan today? If so, in what context?
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