James Crichton

HISTORICAL SCENE: Alfred Priest's The Admirable Crichton (1927-30).

Fawcett - the man at the centre of the probe into the sale of Royal gifts - has been offered a pounds 100,000-a-year role at the society party organisers, The Admirable Crichton.

In a castle on picturesque Clunie loch was born reputedly the cleverest Scotsman who ever lived, the so-called Admirable Crichton.

Most of Barrie's stage triumphs are marred by ephemeral whimsy, but at least six of his plays--Quality Street (produced 1901), The Admirable Crichton (produced 1902), What Every Woman Knows (produced 1908), The Twelve-Pound Look (produced 1910), The Will (produced 1913), and Dear Brutus (produced 1917)--are of high quality.

This kind of analysis certainly reveals Barrie's meticulous and complex concern with the nature of his art, as notably in the conclusions to The Admirable Crichton and Peter Pan.

My plays include The Admirable Crichton and Quality Street and I created the children's character Peter Pan.

When his new play The Admirable Crichton fails to woo audiences on its opening night in 1902, writer JM Barrie (Depp) surrenders to crippling self-doubt.

Rolline Frewen, 46, director of The Admirable Crichton, which has catered at events staged by Prince Charles for the last six years, said: "He has never specifically asked for ingredients only from this country.

When his new play, The Admirable Crichton, fails to woo audiences on its opening night in 1902, writer JM Barrie (Depp) surrenders to self- doubt.

When his new play, The Admirable Crichton, fails to woo audiences on its 1902 opening night, writer JM Barrie (Depp) surrenders to self-doubt.

Works including Quality Street and The Admirable Crichton soon established him as a major talent and by the time he was 30, he was well on his way to becoming a millionaire.

The picnic boxes have been prepared by the Admirable Crichton catering company and paid for by the Royal Household.