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After playing a number of small roles pre-1900, his popularity became assured via his acclaimed performance in major roles in the premieres of two J. M.

Barrie plays: as Ernest in The Admirable Crichton in 1902, and the dual role of George Darling and Captain Hook ( instead of Seymour Hicks, who had turned down the part ) in Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on 27 December 1904.

He also appeared in other Barrie plays, including Dear Brutus.