New Peter Pan Benefits Hospital
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Posted by Kathy Quan Oct 4, 2006 |
Peter Pan in Scarlet, by Geraldine McCaughrean was published today by Oxford University Press. It will become available in 30 countries and in 34 languages simultaneously.
The Special Trustees of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London sponsored a search for someone to write theonly official sequel to Peter Pan. Ms. McCaughrean was awarded the opportunity and the entire project has been a closely guarded secret until today.
In April 1929, James M. Barrie donated the copyright and all subsequent royaltees of Peter Pan to the now 156 year old facility to help pay for research and treatment for children. The hospital was the first inpatient facility in the U.K. to treat only children. The amount of money raised through this effort is a secret per Mr. Barrie's will.
Today, it is the largest center for research into childhood illneses outside of the U.S. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) not only treats children from all over the world, it also trains children's specialists.
J.M. Barrie's legacy will continue now for years to come through the proceeds of this exciting sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet . Set in 1926, twenty years after Wendy, John and Michael originally visited Neverland with Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook and his crew, the adventure continues...
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For more information about GOSH and the Peter Pan Project, visit their website.
You migt also be interested in reading about Maude Adams, the actress for whom JM Barrie wrote the role in his play Peter Pan. Diana Tierney poses the question Have we forgotten how to fly? in her discussion of Peter Pan at Suite101.com' s Folk Tales & Myths.