Peter Ibbetson (novel)
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Peter Ibbetson is a novel by George du Maurier.[1] Published in 1891, it was Maurier's first novel.[2] Journalist John N. Raphael adapted the novel into the stage play Peter Ibbetson which premiered on July 23, 1915, at His Majesty's Theatre.[3] It later had a run on Broadway in 1917.[4] The novel was adapted into the 1921 silent film Forever,[5] and later into the Academy Award nominated film Peter Ibbetson (1935).[6] Composer Deems Taylor and actress Constance Collier adapted the novel into the opera Peter Ibbetson which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on February 7, 1931.[7][8]
