The original Peter, however, was very different from the free-spirited, cocksure, and eternally young boy we know and love today. Originally, Peter was a 7-day-old flying baby — and therefore quite incapable of sword fighting with hook-handed pirates.
Barrie later made Pan the central character in his stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, which premiered in 1904. The play was a success and was later adapted into the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, in which Barrie further expanded on Peter’s adventures in Neverland with its mermaids, fairies, and pirates.
