[Magdalen] Please! Clap your hands!

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

You can read all about it, but the BL is that if they used a boy, then all
the other children would have to be smaller.  Since actors under 14 were
not permitted to work after 9PM, it was a no-brainer: a woman played the
part from the beginning.  As for any objections one way or another, that
ship too has sailed. males have played the part frequently.  Having seen
the inimitable Mary Martin as well as Kathy Rigby and Sandy (hubuh) Duncan,
the tradition is set. for this cultural region.

It was as usual a great story.

I found the actual book several years ago, and just sat down and read it.
A very interesting read.



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I refuse to watch it. Grown women playing Peter....ICK! Indeed! Actually I
> was only half joking last year when someone asked me who I thought should
> play Peter Pan and I said Justin Bieber. Perfect example of type casting,
> to my eye.
>
> On Thursday, December 4, 2014, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, we did it again.  We watched the latest version of Peter Pan.
> >
> > Each generation repeats the same liturgy.  We laugh out loud with delight
> > as the children learn to fly.
> >
> > As Tinkerbelle is dying, we all clap our hands -- "Yes! We believe in
> > faeries!" -- and, yes maybe a trace of a tear, as we watch Tink's light
> > return.
> >
> > Wendy grows up and Peter returns to bring her back to Neverland for
> Spring
> > cleaning, but it's too late for her. She's grown up now.
> >
> > But her daughter will go with Peter.  And, some day, maybe her daughter,
> > and her daughter's daughter...
> >
> > I remember watching the incomparable Mary Martin play Peter -- just a few
> > moments ago.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >
>