Editing Captain Hook (section)

====''Peter and the Starcatchers''====
In the novel ''[[Peter and the Starcatchers]]'' by [[Dave Barry]] and [[Ridley Pearson]], Captain Hook is distinguished by [[halitosis]], beady black eyes, a pock-marked face, and perpetual filth of his person and surroundings contrasting strongly with J. M. Barrie's Etonian gentleman. The novel, which takes place before the Captain meets Peter Pan, calls Hook "Black Stache" for his prominent moustache, and his ship is called the ''Sea Devil''; he captures the ''[[Jolly Roger]]'', originally a British ship called the ''Wasp'', later. Black Stache is renamed "Captain Hook" in the second instalment, ''Peter and the Shadow Thieves''. In Barry and Pearson's book, his left hand is accidentally cut off by Peter.

In Rick Ellis' theatrical adaptation of the Barry-Pearson novel, Black Stache (portrayed in the original production by [[Christian Borle]], who won a [[Tony Award]] for the role) is a witty, poetical, but psychotic pirate prone to [[malapropism]]s and the occasional [[Pratfall effect|pratfall]]. Similar to the Disney film character, Black Stache resembles both a dangerous villain and a comic buffoon. The last of a line of villains, he seeks to become a great villain by fighting a great hero, and finds one in Peter. His hand is cut off not by Peter, but accidentally severed when he slams the lid of a trunk in a fit of rage.