Literary Figure. Nicholas "Nico" Llewelyn Davies was the youngest son of the five Llewelyn Davies brothers, whom the playwright, J.M. Barrie based the Darling family in his 1904 masterpiece play, "Peter Pan." He was not even born when Barrie came into the Llewelyn Davies family's life and was a one-year-old when the 1904 play came to the stage. Unlike his older brothers, his name is not mentioned in Barrie's writings. After the death of the brothers' parents from cancer within three years, Barrie had become the guardian of the brothers by 1910. He attended Eton College and then Oxford University. In 1926 he married Mary James and the couple had a daughter, Laura. The couple made their residence in Kent. In 1935 he joined his brother's publishing firm, Peter Davies Ltd. As the only surviving Llewelyn Davies brother, he was a consultant for the 1978 BBC mini-series "The Lost Boys." He was first cousin of the author, Daphne du Maurier. "Peter Pan" became a 1911 novel and continued into films with the first being a silent film in 1924. The play "Peter Pan" is still a favorite into the 21st century with a successful 2015-Broadway production of "Finding Neverland."
Literary Figure. Nicholas "Nico" Llewelyn Davies was the youngest son of the five Llewelyn Davies brothers, whom the playwright, J.M. Barrie based the Darling family in his 1904 masterpiece play, "Peter Pan." He was not even born when Barrie came into the Llewelyn Davies family's life and was a one-year-old when the 1904 play came to the stage. Unlike his older brothers, his name is not mentioned in Barrie's writings. After the death of the brothers' parents from cancer within three years, Barrie had become the guardian of the brothers by 1910. He attended Eton College and then Oxford University. In 1926 he married Mary James and the couple had a daughter, Laura. The couple made their residence in Kent. In 1935 he joined his brother's publishing firm, Peter Davies Ltd. As the only surviving Llewelyn Davies brother, he was a consultant for the 1978 BBC mini-series "The Lost Boys." He was first cousin of the author, Daphne du Maurier. "Peter Pan" became a 1911 novel and continued into films with the first being a silent film in 1924. The play "Peter Pan" is still a favorite into the 21st century with a successful 2015-Broadway production of "Finding Neverland."
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