He has created a soft-spoken and gentle Barrie who is the boy who never grew up, yet never seems grotesque. |
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Just beyond the far end of Reform Street lies the birthplace of Kirriemuir's most famous son, JM Barrie. |
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But several biographers have argued that Barrie was asexual, possibly impotent, and certainly never acted on any improper urges. |
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But how many know the story of J.M. Barrie, the eccentric author of the whimsical Peter Pan? |
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At the beginning of the week I was invited to do something with my friend in Barrie. |
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One such case is said to be Sir James Barrie who was short of stature and may have had some affinity with his creation, Peter Pan. |
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Barrie succeeded in getting his mother's attention and thus encouraged he made every effort possible to enliven her and to make her forget David. |
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Barrie had to nose more than upward of around 60,000 casks before becoming Glenmorangie's master blender. |
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Part of the JM Barrie biopic was filmed at Richmond Theatre, giving Birrell a special affinity with the tear-jerker. |
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Top talent spotter Barrie Tait has ended 12-years of Red Devil roving to establish Leeds United's scouting network in the region. |
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Barrie is keen to dispel the myth that regional dialects are somehow inferior to standard English. |
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Offered a knighthood, Barrie mysteriously turned it down, only to accept a baronetcy later. |
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Your stomach will turn with anticipation on the drive over to SkyDive Toronto, located north of Barrie. |
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Barrie Unsworth, a Labor Council organiser in 1974 and later NSW Premier, was a key mover behind the establishment of the gym. |
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J Barrie Limited prior to October 1998 only had a very small turnover. |
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Barrie makes it his mission to support the family and to befriend Peter. |
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Barrie Rutter is in his element as a Sir John whose artificial belly means he can hardly get up or sit down, yet is always ready to caper at a lady. |
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Not necessarily, but even Barrie enthusiasts might hesitate before allowing someone like their idol to look after their own children unchaperoned. |
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The blight is actually a fungus called rhytisma acerinum and has infected trees all the way from Ottawa to Barrie to Windsor in the past several years. |
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The film sets out to be a big weepy, but is saved from being complete sentimental tosh by the conflict between the angry Peter and the consoling Barrie. |
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It's from such child-play, along with the bossiness of their grandmother, that Barrie gets the inspiration for the work that will become Peter Pan. |
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Barrie himself was childless, his own joyless marriage to Mary Ansell, a beautiful actress, ending in public ignominy when his wife had an affair. |
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The missive was received back in London by David Barrie, a senior diplomat, who appended his own note. |
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Barrie Rutter's direction is plain but satisfying and his production intimate and robust, never losing sight of the fact that it is spinning a yarn. |
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Red Dwarf stars Craig Charles and Chris Barrie will be on hand to sign autographs and chat to fans. |
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Barrie enrolled at the University of Edinburgh where he wrote drama reviews for the Edinburgh Evening Courant. |
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Barrie was so proud of the letter that he carried it around for the rest of his life. |
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Barrie bought her a Saint Bernard puppy, who played a part in the novel The Little White Bird. |
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Barrie befriended Africa explorer Joseph Thomson and Antarctica explorer Robert Falcon Scott. |
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Ms Barrie has spent the last 20 years as a Street actress, making a very good living from cheap ploys designed to boost the number of viewers. |
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After the First World War, Barrie sometimes stayed at Stanway House near the village of Stanway in Gloucestershire. |
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Like the role of Peter Pan, that of David was played by a woman, Elisabeth Bergner, for whom Barrie wrote the play. |
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Ronnie went into the pub with Barrie, walked straight to Cornell and shot him in the head in public view. |
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Although not a witness to the actual murder he was an accessory having driven Ronnie Kray and Ian Barrie to the pub. |
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In April 1929, Barrie gave the copyright of the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital, a leading children's hospital in London. |
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Barrie rented this island in the Inner Hebrides during the 1920s for himself and his foster children, who went on to inspire his book Peter Pan. |
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In 1911, Barrie developed the Peter Pan play into the novel Peter and Wendy. |
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James Matthew Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, to a conservative Calvinist family. |
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Even so Barrie Draper's Codology stands out on form and appears a good thing to get punters off to a flier. |
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Matthew Ruttan is a simplifier, dad-of-three and pastor at Westminster, Barrie, Ont. |
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At the age of 8, Barrie was sent to the Glasgow Academy in the care of his eldest siblings Alexander and Mary Ann, who taught at the school. |
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George Bernard Shaw was his neighbour in London for several years, and once participated in a Western that Barrie scripted and filmed. |
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Barrie moved in literary circles and had many famous friends in addition to his professional collaborators. |
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Barrie and other members of the Kailyard school like Ian Maclaren also wrote in Scots or used it in dialogue. |
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Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. |
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Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. |
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Barrie met Thomas Hardy through Hugh Clifford while he was staying in London. |
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In the 1930s, Barrie met and told stories to the young daughters of the Duke of York, the future Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. |
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When Barrie learned of the affair in July 1909, he demanded that she end it, but she refused. |
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She told Barrie that Peter had been named after the title character in her father's novel, Peter Ibbetson. |
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Barrie had two copies made, one of which he gave to Arthur, who misplaced it on a train. |
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Barrie would say, to amuse them, that their little brother Peter could fly. |
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Barrie and Hodgson did not get along well, but served together as surrogate parents until the boys were grown. |
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However, the sculptor, Sir George Frampton, used a different child as a model, leaving Barrie disappointed with the result. |
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Barrie suffered bereavements with the boys, losing the two to whom he was closest in their early twenties. |
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Barrie died of pneumonia on 19 June 1937 and was buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and two of his siblings. |
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Barrie and saw the official opening of University College's new playing fields. |
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Barrie wrote a screenplay for the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan whilst on Eilean Shona. |
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Barrie had a long string of successes on the stage after Peter Pan, many of which discuss social concerns, as Barrie continued to integrate his work and his beliefs. |
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Ivor Barrie Roberts, 70, from Llanfair PG, Anglesey, had a major stroke in November 2011 and is backing the risk assessment campaign for Welsh Pharmacies. |
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Regular commentators are Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. |
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Sheffield features the final of the IFM Insurance 480 where Barrie Draper's Codology is very hard to get away from after his back-to-form heat win on Tuesday. |
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Barrie became a regular visitor at the Davies household and a common companion to Sylvia and her boys, despite the fact that both he and she were married to other people. |
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Barrie was involved in the 1909 and 1911 attempts to challenge the censorship of the theatre by the Lord Chamberlain, along with a number of other playwrights. |
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This left his mother devastated, and Barrie tried to fill David's place in his mother's attentions, even wearing David's clothes and whistling in the manner that he did. |
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Just lately, mention of Pan or Barrie makes it hard not to think of that other not very convincing father-figure who regularly haunts our entertainment news reports. |
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Barrie play on which the film is based, she is actually a fairy. |
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Barrie would take long walks in nearby Kensington Gardens, and in 1900 the couple moved into a house directly overlooking the gardens at 100 Bayswater Road. |
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