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Captain James Hook is a fictional character, the villain of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Hook is a pirate captain and Peter Pan's nemesis. It is said that he was Blackbeard's bosun, and that he was the only man Long John Silver ever feared. He wears an iron hook in place of his right hand, which was cut off by Peter Pan and eaten by a crocodile; the crocodile liked the taste of him so much that it followed him around for the rest of his life, hoping for more. He hates Peter obsessively, and lives for the day he can make him and all of his Lost Boys walk the plank.
Actors Who Have Played Captain Hook:
- Gerald DuMaurier in the debut of Peter Pan, directed by Dion Boucicault at the Duke of York theater (1904)
- Maude Adams in the American premiere of Peter Pan at the Empire Theater in New York (1905)
- Cyril Chadwich in Peter Pan, directed by Herbert Brenon (1924)
- Hans Conried in Peter Pan, cartoon directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske (1953)
- Cyril Ritchard in Peter Pan: The Musical (1954), and the television movie Peter Pan, directed by Vincent J. Doneheu (1960)
- Danny Kaye in Peter Pan, a television movie directed by Dwight Hemion (1976)
- Tim Curry in Peter Pan and the Pirates, a TV series directed by John D. Wilson (1990)
- Dustin Hoffman in Hook, directed by Steven Spielberg (1991)
- Paul Schoeffler in Peter Pan, a television movie directed by Glenn Casale and Gary Halvorson (2000)
- Corey Burton in Return to Neverland, cartoon directed by Robin Budd and Donovan Cook (2002)
- Jason Isaacs in Peter Pan, directed by P.J. Hogan (2003)
- Eton College was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, the King of both England and France who was murdered in the Tower of London
- Etons’s basic academic timetable is called The Abracadabra
- The College originally had 70 King’s Scholars or ‘Collegers’ who lived in the College and were educated free, and a small number of ‘Oppidans’ who lived in the town of Eton and paid for their education.
- Today approximately 1,290 boys between the ages of 13 and 18 attend Eton, none of whom live in the town.
- Many famous writers and statesmen have attended Eton, including Prince William and Prince Harry of England.
- For more information visit www.etoncollege.com
