Dear Brutus

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Dear Brutus is a 1917 fantasy play by J. M. Barrie that explores themes of regret and second chances through a magical midsummer gathering in an enchanted wood.

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instanceOf fantasy play
play
author J. M. Barrie
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator J. M. Barrie
dramaticForm three-act play
dramaticPeriod early 20th-century British theatre
firstPerformanceDate 1917
firstPerformedIn London, England
surface form: London
genre drama
fantasy
hasInfluenceOn 20th-century fantasy drama
hasLiteraryAllusion Julius Caesar (play)
surface form: Shakespearean tragedy "Julius Caesar"
hasMotif enchanted forest
magical midsummer gathering
second chance at life
hasPart Act I
Act II
Act III
isPartOf J. M. Barrie’s stage works
mainCharacter Joanna Trout
Lob
Mr. Dearth
Mrs. Dearth
Will Dearth
narrativeDevice enchanted wood that offers alternative lives
magical transformation
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 1917
setting an English country house
an enchanted wood
subject alternative lives
regret
second chances
self-discovery
theme human responsibility for one’s choices
illusion versus reality
middle age and disappointment
the possibility of change
timePeriodInFiction Midsummer
titleAlludesTo "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves"
titleComesFrom Julius Caesar (play)
surface form: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
writer J. M. Barrie
yearOfWork 1917

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