The Admirable Crichton

by J. M. Barrie

The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie and premiered in London in that year and in New York the next. It gently satirises English society by depicting the change in the balance of power between privileged aristocrats and a practical and resourceful butler when they are all shipwrecked on a desert island. The butler gradually becomes the benign ruler of the island and the aristocrats become his subjects until they are all rescued and conventional social relations are restored. The three main roles are the butler – Crichton, Lady Mary Lasenby, and her father, the Earl of Loam.

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Genre:

Comedy

Original language:

English