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From J. M. Barrie the creator of Peter Pan a play where hierarchy is brought into question. A system where a person's place is determined by birth and not by ability is tossed aside when a group of British aristocrats are suddenly stranded on a desert island. Crichton the butler... Read Full Overview

Once a month, Lord Loam encourages his servants to enter the drawing room for tea. This ritual defiance of tradition disturbs Crichton, the butler, who regards the class system as the natural outcome of a civilized society. When the entire household is shipwrecked and stranded... Read Full Overview

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The Admirable Crichton is a play written by J.M. Barrie. The story is set in the early 1900s and follows the lives of a wealthy British family and their servants. The main character, Crichton, is the butler of the family and is known for his impeccable service and loyalty. However,... Read Full Overview

The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The English production of this play in 1902 starred Henry Irving. In 1903, the play was produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman, starring William Gillette. The story of the play concerns an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert... Read Full Overview

The English production of this play in 1902 starred Henry Irving. In 1903, the play was produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman, starring William Gillette. The story of the play concerns an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert... Read Full Overview

The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie.

Crichton is a butler, and he is proud of his station in the rigid class structure of Victorian Britain. His employer, the Earl of Loam, is much more progressive. This causes conflict between the two of them, until the entire household is shipwrecked and Crichton is the only one... Read Full Overview

The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie.

The English production of this play in 1902 starred Henry Irving. In 1903, the play was produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman, starring William Gillette. The story of the play concerns an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert... Read Full Overview