“The Strand Magazine” recently published a typescript of “The Reconstruction of the Crime” a short comic play written by J. M. Barrie, the author of “Peter Pan”, and humorist E. V. Lucas.
The plot of the play, which Strand editor Andrew Gulli compares to an episode of the TV sitcom “Frasier”, involves a woman who, while staying with her husband at a country hotel, entering another guest’s room by mistake. The play had never been performed publicly or published, although an unrelated play with the title “Reconstructing the Crime”, also written by Barrie, was broadcast almost a century ago.
Key Takeaways:
- J.M Barrie co-wrote a play or short episode sitcom that has never before been published or acted out.
- The play “Reconstructing of the Crime” was denied publication because Barrie had published another similar sounding play previously.
- The play was finally resurrected and is outside the children’s work J.M Barrie is traditionally known for.
“The magazine had originally slated it to publish in February — but just days before they went to press, he got a phone call from his copy editor telling him another Barrie play, with a very similar name, had been broadcast about a century ago.”
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