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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
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.
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.
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...
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.
To be an indoor servant at all is to Crichton a badge of honour; to be a butler at thirty is the realisation of his proudest ambitions. He is devotedly attached to his master, who, in his opinion, has but one fault, he is not sufficiently contemptuous of his inferiors.
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Social satire about an aristocratic family and their butler who are marooned on a tropical island. Crichton (More), the butler, has a good deal more practical experience and sense than his employers so he's soon in charge of their survival. Filmed in Bermuda and based on the play by James M. Barrie. 93m/C VHS .
