J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan stage play premiered in 1904. Its full title was Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, and its first performance took place in London at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 27 December 1904.
The production transformed a character who had already appeared in Barrie’s 1902 novel The Little White Bird into the hero of a fantasy adventure involving Wendy Darling, her brothers, the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell, and Captain Hook.
The play became a major theatrical success and helped establish traditions such as Peter’s flight and the role of Tinker Bell. Barrie later published a prose version, Peter and Wendy, in 1911. The 1904 premiere is therefore distinct from both the first appearance of Peter Pan in print and later film adaptations.