Top Cast
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Mary Martin
Peter Pan
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Cyril Ritchard
Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
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Kathleen Nolan
Wendy / Jane
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Margalo Gillmore
Mrs. Darling
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Sondra Lee
Tiger Lily
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Heller Halliday
Liza
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Joe E. Marks
Smee
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Norman Shelly
Nana / Crocodile
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Robert Harrington
John
Overview
This musical version of the tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up aired live on television on March 7, 1955. It was so popular that it was restaged the following year, and again four years later.
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After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the original songs were retained and performed in their original settings. Added to the Rodgers and Hammerstein score was "Loneliness of Evening", which had been composed for South Pacific but not used.
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