The Archive · 1908

"PETER PAN" IN PARIS

"Has living here so corrupted me tell that I can't enjoy this?" was the remark made by an American resident during the first performance of Mr. J. Barrie's " Peter Pan" at the Théitre clu Vaudeville a few days ago. Corruption is perhaps too strong a term to describe the influence of the Parisian ambience on grown-up people, but it is certain that when one has become accustomed to French theatrical farce, the English commodity tastes very insipid. This is not altogether because the French dramatist has a free hand in dealing with breaches of

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