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Article: The `Real' Peter Pan; Book examines J.M. Barrie's curious relationship with London boys.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- December 26, 2003
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Byline: ROSEMARY HERBERT
He took photographs of bare-bottomed boys. He chose his homes to overlook a park where lads played. He cultivated a friendship with the mother of five boys and won her blessingto spend extensive time alone with her sons. His marriage probably was not consummated.
Is this the profile of a pedophile?
"Not if you're talking about the creator of Peter Pan," said Andrew Birkin, author of "J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys: The Real Story Behind Peter Pan" (Yale University Press, $18.95).
Birkin should know. When he was asked, some 25 years ago, to adapt Barrie's story for a musical starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and ...