The device works extremely well in emphasizing the connection between the Hospital and Barrie's story (Barrie bequeathed the rights to the tale to the Hospital), as well as emphasizing the importance of the tale to take children's (and the narrator's) minds away from unpleasant realities and create instead a fantasy-world in which people never grow up. Wylie, the surgeon in charge of the operation. The stories are linked by Stanley Tucci who plays three roles - Captain Hook, Mr. There follows a largely faithful retelling of Barrie's tale with the added dimension of Lucy's operation to hook our interest. Initially dismissing it as "kid's stuff," she eventually volunteers to read the book out loud to a group of children, who end up being captivated by the story. With little or nothing to read, Lucy asks Jerzy to help her he takes her to the Hospital's museum and gives her a copy of PETER PAN. Her mother Julie (Laura Fraser) is quite naturally apprehensive about what will happen, but kindly orderly Jerzy (Bjarne Henriksen) consoles her. Set in the contemporary era, Diarmuid Lawrence's production opens in Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, where Lucy Rose (Hazel Doupe) is about to undergo a heart operation.
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