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By Sophia Bracco

Peter and the Starcatcher is set in 1885, at first on the high seas and later in Neverland. It was written by Rick Elice, who also wrote the books for Jersey Boys and The Addams Family.  The music in this show was written by Wayne Baker.  It ran for 319 performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre starting in April of 2012 and won four Tony Awards. The story of Peter Pan originated in 1902 from J. M. Barrie’s book The Little White Bird. The storyline of this play is based on Peter and the Starcatchers, the first book in a five book series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, and is meant to serve as a prequel to Peter Pan. The characters include Boy - Peter Pan, Molly - Wendy, Michael, and John’s mother, Black Stache - Captain Hook, Smee, and Prentiss and Ted - the lost boys. 

Partial Glossary of terms mentioned in this play:

Antipodes - refers to the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand

Ay de mi! Que demonio! Debo protestar! - Oh my stars! That demon! I must protest!

Bilge - the lowest part of a ship

Capstan - a revolving cylinder that must be rotated manually and is used to hoist sails 

Davy Jones - Davy Jones's Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea

Flotsam - wreckage that stays afloat after a ship has sunk

Fortnums - Fortnums and Mason is a department store in England

Frammistan - a nonsense word used to describe a part of a machine that you don’t know the name for

Frigate - a high-speed military ship

Futtocks - the curved pieces of wood that form the ship’s lower frame

Gunter - a device used to rig a sail

Jib - a triangular headsail

Leviathan - a sea monster

Longboat - the longest boat on a ship

Philip Glass - an influential American composer who was known for his minimalist melodies and repetition

Port - left side of a ship

Red over white over red! - warning lights on a ship

Sally Lunn - famous tea house in Bath, England

Starboard - right side of a ship

Swabbers - sailor who swabs the deck

TTFN - ta ta for now