JM Barrie's Lost Play Performed at Scottish Youth Theatre

J.M Barrie's lost play, Bandelero the Bandit is returning to the stage for the first time and shows early signs of Peter Pan. Barrie apparently when he was 17 while attending school. Barrie is mostly known for penning the hit Peter Pan. His work on Peter Pan is currently being showcased in the Broadway musical Finding Neverland, starring Matthew Morrison as Barrie.

According to The Conversation, Bandelero the Bandit is being performed by the Scottish Youth Theatre for the firs time since 1877. The performance on June 26 featued excerpts from Peter Pan and there was an introduction from Professor Ronnie Jack, who discovered the lost text at Yale. According to The Conversation, Barrie himself thought that the play had been lost with time.

Bandelero the Bandit is known for being a challenging and modern play written by a young Barrie. The play addresses the question of women's place in society and engages the social issues of the time. Bandelero the Bandit is also a play about misunderstanding and shows early parallels to Peter Pan. The lost play is witty and one of the characters known as the "gallant outlaws" in the play prove to have similar qualities as Captain Hook and his band of pirates. Barrie's humor that is also shown in Peter Pan is very apparent in this lost play.

Professor Ronnie Jack has said that Bandelero the Bandit is "a refreshing, youthful piece which anticiaptes many of the key characteristics of Barrie's later dramatic art." The latest performance of this play is thansk to the Dumfries-based peter Pan Moat Brae Trust. The trust looks to raise money to re-develop the Moat Brae house and garden where Barrie spent most of his childhood. They want to turn the house into the National Centre for Children's Literature and Storytelling in honor of Barrie. The Moat Brae house is very reminiscent of key aspects of Neverland. Proceeds from the event will be given to help support the National Centre for Children's Literature and Storytelling.