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The Admirable Crichton stands as a single play, but the characters are similar to those in many of Barrie's other plays. Both Peter in Peter Pan and Crichton are the kings of islands.
The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie . Origins. Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram -loving Ernest is probably a caricature of the title character in Oscar Wilde 's The Importance of Being Earnest.
- James Matthew Barrie
- 1914
Sep 26, 2023 · J.M. Barrie’s 1902 play, “The Admirable Crichton,” tells the story of an aristocratic British family stranded on a desert island. The play describes how their butler, Crichton, rises to...
When the party is shipwrecked on a deserted island, where a living can be hewn from the wilderness only by those with the skill to do so, the admirable Crichton proves to be the most intelligent, resourceful, and able man to command the party.
Mary Lasenby is determined to play the game, George. (Perhaps she adds to herself, ‘Except just this once.’ A kiss closes this episode of the two lovers; and soon after the departure of LADY MARY the COUNTESS OF BROCKLEHURST is announced.
The Admirable Crichton (1902), a play by J. M. Barrie, is a satirical comedy dealing with class and social structure, about a butler who rises to become the leader of his aristocratic employers after they are all stranded on a deserted island.
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The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British south seas adventure comedy romance film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes. The film was based on J. M. Barrie 's 1902 stage comedy of the same name .
