Peter Pan

Peter Pan is like most other guys - he'd rather get shot at than talk about his feelings, he has a perfect little twit for a best friend, and he refuses to grow up. And it's this last trait that has caught the fancy of all who've read or watched earlier interpretations of J M Barrie's classic children's tale. "All children grow up, except one." Too bad we can't boast the same odds in the adult world. Oh well.

For a 12-year-old, Peter Pan's definitely been around; on Broadway, on TV, in Disney animation, in Spielberg's unremarkable Hook and, at last count, in around two million f....