Peter Pan (Producers' Showcase)

The script was written by Sumner Locke Elliott who had appeared on stage in a production of the play in 1937. ==Reception==

The show attracted a then-record audience of 65-million viewers, the highest ever up to that time for a single television program. ==Awards==

Mary Martin won an Emmy Award for the television production. The show also won an Emmy for Program of the Year. ==1956 Production==

The musical was restaged live for television (again on ''Producers' Showcase'') on January 9, 1956. Clark Jones returned as director. NBC claimed the combined audiences for the 1955 and 1956 productions was 125,000,000. ==1960 Production==

Peter Pan was restaged on December 8, 1960, this time in a slightly longer version with a slightly different cast. Vincent J. Donehue directed. Variety called it "a wholly delightful two-hour presentation... In spirit, verve, performance and total execution, it was the best of the Pans and, thanks to the wonders of tape, a residual-happy bonanza for years to come." Vincent J. Donehue received a Director's Guild Award. The 1960 version was rebroadcast in 1963, 1966 and 1973. ==References==