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{en} Peter Pan (US, 1960), directed by Vincent J. Donehue, starring Mary Martin (Peter Pan), Cyril Ritchard (Captain Hook).

The production of the 1954 musical was never broadcast annually. It was first telecast live on March 7, 1955 as Peter Pan (1955) and re-staged live (by popular demand) on January 3, 1956 as Peter Pan (1956). It was not seen again until this version was videotaped in color and telecast on December 8, 1960. Rather than re-broadcast it annually, as CBS began doing with The Wizard of Oz (1939), NBC repeated the videotaped version in 1963, 1966, and 1973. A long hiatus followed, during which this 1960 production was presumed lost. There was a new production starring Mia Farrow with a new score, Peter Pan (1976). Finally, in 1988, the original 1960 videotape of the Mary Martin version was re-discovered intact, restored and remastered, and telecast on March 24, 1989 (then again on March 31, 1991) - the production's first TV showing in 16 years. This 1960 production of Peter Pan was released on VHS and LaserDisc home video in 1990 and on DVD on October 19, 1999.