The concept was first introduced as "the Never Never Land" in Barrie's theatre play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up", first staged in 1904. In the earliest drafts of the play, the island was called "Peter's Never Never Never Land,", a name possibly influenced by the 'Never Never', a contemporary term for outback Australia. In the 1928 published version of the play's script, the name was shortened to "the Never Land". Although the caption to one of F. D. Bedford's illustrations also calls it "The Never Never Land," Barrie's 1911 novelisation "Peter and Wendy" simply refers to it as "the Neverland," and its many variations "the Neverlands."