J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys

by Andrew Birkin

  Coral Island, The (Ballantyne), (i); as model for Boy Castaways, (i), (ii)

  Corfe Castle, (i)

  Coronet Theatre, (i)

  Courage (Barrie's address to St Andrews University), (i); quoted, (i);s notes for, (i), (ii); Michael's sonnet in, (i), (ii)

  Court Theatre, (i)

  Coward, Noël, as Slightly in Peter Pan, (i)

  Craven Terrace (No. 18), Paddington, first Davies family home, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Crompton, Charles, (i)

  Crompton, Mary (later Llewelyn Davies, q.v.), (i)

  Crook, John, (i), (ii)

  Daily Express, (i); on Peter's death, (i)

  Daily Mail, report of Barrie divorce case, (i), (ii)

  Daily Telegraph: on Barrie, (i); on Wedding Guest, (i); on Peter Pan, (i); report of Barrie divorce case, (i), (ii)

  Darlington, W. A.: on The Twelve-Pound Look, (i); on A Well-Remembered Voice, (i)

  David Copperfield (Parker stage version), (i)

  Davies – see Llewelyn Davies

  Davies, Peter, Ltd, (i)

  Davis, Richard Harding, (i)

  Day Lewis, Cecil, on Nico at Wilkinson's (i)

  Dear Brutus (Barrie), quoted, (i); ‘second chance’ theme, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); rehearsals, (i); self-analysis in, (i); first night, (i)

  Deslys, Gaby: Barrie's revue written for, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); George's possible mild flirtation with, (i), (ii)

  Dhivach Lodge (Inverness), (i), (ii); holiday at, (i), (ii)

  Dilke, Sir Charles, Barrie's letter to, (i)

  Dives (France), holiday at, (i)

  Dogs and Men (Ansell), quoted, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Downe House (Sussex), Allahakbarrie and Lucas teams at, (i)

  Doyle, Arthur Conan, (i)

  Dramatic League, (i)

  Drummond, Alec, (i)

  Du Maurier, Angela, (i), (ii)

  Du Maurier, Daphne, (i), (ii), (iii); on Gerald as Hook, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Du Maurier, Emma, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); reservations over Sylvia's engagement, (i), (ii); boys' holidays with, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and Sylvia's illness and death, (i), (ii), (iii); as boys' guardian, (i)

  Du Maurier, George, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); cartoon by, (i); death, (i); burial at Hamptead, (i), (ii)

  Du Maurier, Gerald, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); on Sylvia's engagement, (i); in ‘The Greedy Dwarf’, (i), (ii); as Ernest in Admirable Crichton, (i); as Mr Darling and Captain Hook, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); in What Every Woman Knows, (i); and Michael's death, (i)

  Du Maurier, Guy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); success of An Englishman's Home, (i); on Western Front, (i), (ii), (iii); death in action, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Du Maurier, Gwen, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Du Maurier, May, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); mother's letters to, (i), (ii); ‘paralysed’ by Barrie, (i)

  Du Maurier, Muriel née Beaumont), (i); in Admirable Crichton, (i)

  Du Maurier, Trixie, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Dublin, (i)

  Duff, Lady Juliet, Barrie's letter to, (i), (ii)

  Duke of York's Theatre: Admirable Crichton at, (i); Peter Pan at, (i), (ii); Alice Sit-by-the-Fire at, (i); What Every Woman Knows at, (i); The New Word at, (i), (ii); Rosy Rapture at, (i), (ii)

  Dumfries: Barrie's speech on receiving Freedom of, (i), (ii); Moat Brae garden, (i)

  Dumfries Academy: Barrie's five years at, (i), (ii); school magazine, (i)

  Dumfries Herald, criticism of ‘Bandeloro the Bandit’, (i)

  Dundas, Robin, Barrie's letters to, (i), (ii), (iii)

  ‘Dynamite King, The’, Nico's serial story, (i)

  Earl, Sebastian, on Michael, (i)

  Edinburgh, (i), (ii)

  Edinburgh Evening Dispatch: Barrie's ‘Peter-kin’ article in, (i); his ‘My Ghastly Dream’ article in, (i)

  Edinburgh University: Barrie at, (i); his honorary degree from, (i); as Chancellor of, (i)

  Edwardes, George, on Peter Pan, (i)

  Egerton House, Berkhamsted: Davies home at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); Peter Pan performance in nursery, (i), (ii); Michael and Nico in garden, (i); Arthur's last days and death at, (i), (ii), (iii); Nico, aged three, at, (i); Sylvia and George at, (i); sale of, (i); Michael revisits, (i)

  Eilean Shona (Argyll): holiday on, (i); Barrie at work on, (i)

  Emery, Winifred, as Babbie in Little Minister, (i), (ii)

  Empire Theater (New York), (i); Little Minister at, (i); Peter Pan at, (i)

  Englishman's Home, An (Du Maurier), (i); Eton: George at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv); O.T.C. Field Day exercise, (i); Peter at, (i), (ii), (iii); Michael at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); Nico at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); Barrie's version of fagging system, (i); Barrie with Macnaghten at, (i)

  Eton College Chronicle, (i); on George, (i); Michael as co-editor, (i)

  Evening Standard, on Michael's death, (i)

  Farr, Diana, (i), (ii)n

  Figaro, Le, (i)

  ‘Fight for Mr Lapraik, The’ (Barrie), draft of, (i), (ii)

  Forbes, Norman, (i)

  Forbes-Robertson, Jean, (i)

  Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston, (i)

  Ford, H. J., (i); in Allahakbarries, (i)

  Fortingal (Perthshire), holiday at, (i)

  Fowey, (i), (ii)

  Frampton, Sir George, his Peter Pan statue, (i), (ii)

  Frith, Walter, (i)

  Frohman, Charles, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); Barrie's first meeting with, (i); their lasting friendship, (i), (ii), (iii); enthusiasm and support for Peter Pan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); ‘childlike’ holiday with Barrie in Paris, (i); and Court Theatre avant-garde, (i); and ‘Cinema Supper’, (i); drowning in Lusitania, (i)

  Furse, Charles, his portrait of Sylvia, (i)

  Galloway, Robert, (i)

  Galsworthy, John, (i)

  Garrick Club, (i)

  Garrick Theatre, Wedding Guest at, (i)

  Garsington Manor, (i)

  Gay, Florence, (i)

  Geoghegan, Winifred, as Michael in Peter Pan, (i), (ii)

  George VI, King, (i)

  Gibb, Geraldine – see Llewelyn Davies, Geraldine

  Gilmour, Thomas, (i), (ii); in Allahakbarries, (i); Barrie's letter to, (i)

  Glan Hafren, (i), (ii); Barrie and Peter at, (i); later holidays at, (i); Michael and Nico at, (i); Barrie and Michael at, (i)

  Gloucester Road (No. 133), South Kensington: Barrie's first married home, (i); ‘Greedy Dwarf’ pantomime at, (i); move from, (i)

  Goffe, Dr, (i)

  Gordon, Stuart, (i)

  Graham, Harry, in Allahakbarries, (i), (ii)

  Granville-Barker, Harley, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); banning of his Waste, (i)

  ‘Great White Father, The’, original title of Peter Pan, (i), (ii)

  ‘Greedy Dwarf, The’ (Barrie): pantomime, (i), (ii); programme, (i), (ii)

  Greenwood, Frederick, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Greenwood Hat, The (Barrie), quoted, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Hampstead Churchyard, Du Maurier and Davies burials in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Hardy, Florence, (i); Barrie's letter to, (i)

  Hardy, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Barrie's admiration for, (i), (ii)

  Hawkins, Betty, George's flirtation with, (i)

  Hawtrey, Charles, (i)

  Haymarket Theatre, Mary Rose at, (i)

  Hedda Gabler (Ibsen), Barrie's parody on, (i)

  Henley, Margaret, (i), (ii); invents name ‘Wendy’, (i); as Reddy in Sentimental Tommy, (i)n

  Henley, W. E., (i), (ii); Barrie's letter to, (i)

  Hewlett, Cecco, (i), (ii)

  Hewlett, Maurice, (i), (ii), (iii); in Allahakbarries, (i), (ii); criticism of Barrie over divorce, (i)

  Hewlett, Pia, (i)

  Hicks, Seymour, (i), (ii); as Valentine in Qu
ality Street, (i)

  Hill, Mary, (i)

  Hodder and Stoughton, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Hodgson, Jenny, (i), (ii)

  Hodgson, Mary, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)n, (xiv), (xv); engaged as nurse to Davies family, (i); portrayed as Irene in Little White Bird, (i), (ii); hostility to Barrie, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); Sylvia's letters to, (i); account of Nico's birth, (i); carrying Nico to bed, (i); Peter's letters to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and Sylvia's illness and death, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); entrusted in Sylvia's Will with care of boys, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); rivalry with Barrie over guardianship, (i), (ii); on Amhuinnsuidh holiday (i); entry in Nico's ‘Confession Book’, (i); George's letter to, (i); Nico's letter to, (i); Michael's letters to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); jealousy of boys' wives, (i), (ii); and Peter's affair with married woman, (i); offers resignation, (i); impossible situation with Gerrie, (i); final resignation and departure, (i), (ii); Barrie's letters to, (i), (ii); locket given to, with boys' photos, (i); and news of Michael's death, (i)

  Hope, Anthony: on Peter Pan, (i), (ii); at Amhuinnsuidh, (i), (ii)

  Housman, A. E., (i), (ii), (iii)

  Hughes, Gareth, as Tommy Sandys in Sentimental Tommy film, (i)

  Hullo Ragtime! (revue), (i), (ii)

  Hunt, Mr (Black Lake gardener), (i)

  Hunt, Mrs, (i)

  Ibsen, Henrik, (i)

  Ibsen's Ghost (Barrie), his first critical stage success, (i)

  Illustrated London News, on Ibsen's Ghost, (i)

  Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers, Barrie's speech to (1928), (i)

  Irving, Sir Henry, (i); Professor's Love Story written for, (i)

  Irving, H. B., (i)

  ‘Island that likes to be visited’, (i), (ii)

  James, Henry, (i), (ii); on Sylvia's death, (i); Emma's letter to, (i)

  James, Mary (Mrs Nicholas Llewelyn Davies), (i)

  Jeans, Ronald, (i)

  Jerome, Jerome K., (i)

  ‘Jocelyn’, Barrie's pet name for Sylvia, (i)

  Jolivet, Rita, (i)

  Josephine (Barrie), (i)

  Kensington Gardens, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); Barrie's meetings with Davies boys in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); Balloon Woman outside, (i); ‘child's map’ of, (i); Peter Pan and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); boundary stones in, (i), (ii); Barrie presented with personal key to gates, (i); Peter Pan statue in, (i), (ii)

  Kensington Park Gardens (No. 31), Notting Hill, Davies home at, (i), (ii), (iii); (No. 23) Davies home at, (i), (ii)

  Kern, Jerome, (i)

  Keys, Nelson, (i)

  Kipling, Rudyard, (i)

  Kirby, George, his flying harness, (i)

  Kirby Lonsdale, Rev. J. Llewelyn Davies as Rector of, (i), (ii)

  Kirriemuir, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Barrie's birthplace, (i); his childhood at, (i), (ii); as original ‘Thrums’, (i), (ii); Auld Lichts in, (i), (ii); Strath View (Barries' later home), (i), (ii); picture postcard of, (i); Barrie's illness at, (i); his wedding at, (i); Margaret Ogilvy's death and burial at, (i); family grave, (i)

  Kiss for Cinderella, A (Barrie), (i)

  Kitchener of Khartoum, Lord, (i)

  Knutsford, Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount, (i)

  Kyle of Lochalsh, (i)

  Lavery, Sir John, his portrait of Barrie, (i)

  Leinster Corner, Bayswater Road, (i), (ii); Barries' move to, (i); move from, (i)

  Lestocq, William, (i), (ii)

  Lewis, Eiluned, (i), (ii); Michael's letter to, (i); Nico's letter to, (i)

  Lewis, Sir George, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Lewis, Lady, (i), (ii)

  Lewis, Mrs Hugh, (i)n, (ii); Barrie's letters to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Lewis, May, (i)

  Lewis, Medina, (i)

  Lewis, Peter, (i); Barrie's letter to, (i); at Glan Hafren, (i), (ii)

  Little Mary (Barrie), (i), (ii), (iii); production of, (i); Jack's contribution to, (i)

  Little Minister, The (Barrie), (i); writing of, (i); success of, (i); stage adaptation, (i), (ii), (iii); rehearsals for, (i), (ii); successful production, (i); copyright performance of, (i), (ii)

  Little White Bird, The (Barrie), (i)n, (ii), (iii), (iv); quoted, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); George disguised as David in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); evolvement of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); introduction of Peter Pan, (i), (ii), (iii); frontispiece, (i); Barrie's yearnings for paternity shown in, (i); Wilkinson portrayed in, (i), (ii); Rackham illustrations to, (i), (ii); completion of, (i); success of, (i), (ii), (iii); Peter's opinion of, (i); Peter Pan chapters published as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, (i); George's fondness for, (i), (ii); ‘no second chance’ remark, (i)

  Liverpool Daily Post, (i)

  Llewelyn Davies, Arthur: family background, (i); legal training, (i); in 1890, (i); engagement to Sylvia, (i), (ii), (iii); with mother in about 1891, (i); slow progress at Bar, (i); legacy from uncle, (i); marriage, (i); with Sylvia in 1893, (i); with Sylvia and George in 1893, (i); move to larger house, (i); at Lewises' dinner party, (i); attitude to Barrie's ‘intrusion’, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Rustington holidays, (i), (ii), (iii); loses copy of Boy Castaways, (i), (ii); vexation at Sylvia's Paris trip with Barrie, (i); and birth of Nico, (i); move to Berkhamsted, (i), (ii); faimly life, (i); with boys in 1905, (i); untypical Edwardian father, (i); greater parental instinct than Sylvia, (i); simplicity, (i), (ii); patience over Barrie's frequent visits, (i); discovered to be suffering from sarcoma, (i); operation for removal of cheekbone, (i), (ii), (iii); his note of ‘things I think about’, (i); his letters to Peter and Michael, (i), (ii); homecoming, (i); fitted with artificial jaw, (i); reconciled to Barrie as integral part of family, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); gratitude to Barrie, (i), (ii); learns he has not long to live, (i), (ii); on Barrie's ‘unfailing kindness and tact’, (i); shortlived optimism and onset of final phase, (i); his conversation notes, (i); urges Barrie to ‘write more things than plays’, (i); last letter of his life to Michael, (i); death, (i); his beauty, (i), (ii)

  Llewelyn Davies, Crompton (brother of Arthur), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); on Arthur's operation, (i); as guardian to boys, (i), (ii); death, (i); special fondness for Peter, (i)

  Llewelyn Davies, Emily, (i)

  Llewelyn Davies, George, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); makes Barrie's acquaintance in Kensington Gardens, (i), (ii); cultivates his friendship, (i), (ii); ‘never a cockier boy’, (i); as David in Little White Bird, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); birth, (i); with Sylvia and Jack in 1895, (i); with Sylvia, (i); with Jack in 1897, (i); wins Barrie's closest affection, (i), (ii), (iii); ‘waiting for the dawn’, (i); at Norland Place School, (i), (ii); discussion of Peter Pan with Barrie, (i), (ii); Rustington holidays, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); aged seven, (i); with Peter and Jack in wheelbarrow, (i); with Sylvia in 1900, (i); ‘on the idle hill of summer’, (i); at Wilkinson's, (i), (ii), (iii); ‘dressed for the kill’, (i); aiming at Barrie's camera, (i); with Barrie, (i); Isle of Wight holiday, (i); with Peter and Jack, (i); outside Tilford Cottage, (i); at Black Lake on Boy Castaway adventures, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and Barrie's notes and ideas for fairy play, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and Nico's birth, (i); ‘excited approval’ of Peter Pan, (i); with brothers and Arthur in 1905, (i); question of Barrie's being platonically ‘in love’ with, (i); aged twelve, (i); fishing at Fortingal, (i); and Arthur's illness, (i); with Barrie and Jack, (i); at Eton, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv); with Sylvia at Egerton House, (i); Barrie's ‘peculiar equilibrium’ of dominating and being dominated by, (i); aged fourteen, (i); first letter home from Eton, (i); his Eton ‘phiz’, (i); New Forest holiday, (i); encounter with Highlanders, (i); ski-ing holiday in Switzerland, (i); on O.T.C. Field Day exercise, (i); Postbridge holiday, (i); talent for colourful language, (i); and Sylvia's illne
ss, (i), (ii), (iii); with Macnaghten, (i); sporting skill, (i), (ii), (iii); as full-blown Eton blood, (i); modesty and charm, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); sense of humour, (i), (ii), (iii); use of term ‘Uncle Jim’ for Barrie, (i); and Sylvia's death, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); regards Barrie as close and intimate friend, (i), (ii); at Scourie, (i); entry in Barrie's Querist's Album, (i); spectacular catch at Lord's, (i), (ii); flirtation with Betty Hawkins, (i); at Cambridge, (i), (ii), (iii); in Allahakbarries, (i); in Cambridge A.D.S., (i); courtship of Josephine Mitchell-Innes, (i); vein of sadness, (i), (ii); first glimpse of Paris, (i); aged twenty-one, (i); introduction to Italy, (i); Scottish holiday, (i), (ii), (iii); diary entry for Aug. 4 (1914), (i); entry in Nico's ‘Confession Book’, (i); fishing diary, (i), (ii); commissioned in 60th Rifles, (i); Barrie's first use of signature ‘loving’ to, (i); engaged to Josephine, (i); training at Sheerness, (i), (ii); shortly before leaving for Western Front, (i); posted to 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, (i), (ii); possible mild flirtation with Gaby Deslys, (i), (ii); takes Little White Bird to read in trenches, (i); on Western Front, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); one of his letters from France, (i); Barrie's complex affection for, (i); romantic mind, (i); sees ‘violent death within a yard’, (i); Barrie's last letter to reach him alive, (i), (ii); death in action, (i), (ii), (iii); effect on Barrie and brothers, (i), (ii); his last letter to Barrie, (i); his grave, (i), (ii); Well-Remembered Voice inspired by, (i), (ii); ‘original’ of Peter Pan, (i). Letters: from Barrie, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi); to Barrie, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); from Nico, (i); to Michael, (i); from Michael, (i); to Peter, (i); from Peter, (i); to Sylvia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Llewelyn Davies, Geraldine (‘Gerrie’) (née Gibb), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); accepts Jack's proposal, (i); Jack's letters to, (i); first meeting with Barrie and boys, (i); marriage, (i); shocked by Barrie's apparent cruelty, (i); difficulties with Mary Hodgson, (i), (ii)

  Llewelyn Davies, Rev. John (father of Arthur), (i), (ii), (iii); Arthur's letters to, (i), (ii); Peter's letter to, (i)

  Llewelyn Davies, John (‘Jack’), (i), (ii); makes Barrie's acquaintance in Kensington Gardens, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); birth, (i); with Sylvia and George in 1895, (i); with George in 1897, (i); with Arthur and George, (i); at Norland Place School, (i); Rustington Holidays, (i), (ii); with Peter and George in wheelbarrow, (i); Isle of Wight holiday, (i); with George and Peter, (i); outside Tilford Cottage, (i); at Black Lake on Boy Castaway adventures, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); letter to Barrie, (i); contribution to Little Mary, (i); Agreement with Barrie, (i); with Arthur and brothers in 1905, (i); Dives holiday, (i), (ii); fishing at Fortingal, (i); at Osborne Naval College, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); aged eleven, with Sylvia, (i); and Arthur's illness, (i); on Arthur's attitude to Barrie, (i); with Barrie and George, (i); and Arthur's death, (i); on Ramsgate beach, (i); aged thirteen, (i); misery at Osborne, (i); growing resentment towards Barrie, (i), (ii); New Forest holiday, (i); and Mary's growing friendship with Cannan, (i); Postbridge holiday, (i); and Sylvia's illness, (i); and her death, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); anger at idea of Sylvia marrying Barrie, (i), (ii); in Navy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); entry in Barrie's Querist's Album, (i); and Barrie's baronetcy, (i); and George's death, (i); engaged to Gerrie Gibb, (i); puts case to Barrie, (i); marriage, (i); difficulties with Mary Hodgson, (i), (ii)