** "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" by J. M. Barrie is a theatrical production that explores the life of Mrs. Dowey, a delightful, yet layered, elderly lady living in London during a time of war. The story takes place during casual tea gatherings with her friends, displaying the humor, companionship, and sad truth of war as they chat about their sons fighting at the battlefront, and hide a truth about connections between one another. While her friends send support to their children abroad, Mrs. Dowey has created a false reality by imagining a son named Kenneth to deal with her loneliness and the shame that follows not having children to send to war. The play uses both comedy and suspense to expose feelings of seclusion, dishonesty, and a yearning for belonging during a challenging time. **
The old lady shows her medals
By J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
** In war-torn London, a woman constructs an elaborate lie about a son fighting at the front to escape loneliness and find acceptance amongst her peers.
Summary
About the AuthorSir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.
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