![]() ![]() ![]() From 1873-1878, James attended the Dumfries Academy and it was here that he saw his first professional theater performance. In addition to play-acting for his mother, James wrote and performed plays for the neighborhood children. To help his mother with her grief, James dressed in David’s clothes and pretended to be David around his mother. His death filled the family with sadness, and their mother fell into a deep depression. The second oldest brother and favorite son, David, fell while playing on the ice, hit his head and died. In January of 1866, tragedy struck the Barrie family. Even as an adult, he stood only five feet three inches tall. Growing up, James was diminutive in height, with high-pitched boyish voice. James loved to hear stories and wrote many stories of his own for his amusement. They were a poor family, but their mother loved books and read classics like “Robinson Crusoe” to her children around the hearth. He was the seventh of ten children and the third boy. James Matthew Barrie was born on in Scotland. ![]()
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