In adaptations of Peter Pan, the characters of Mr. Darling and Captain Hook are often portrayed by the same actor. When characters are intentionally double cast, there’s often a reason as to why. Why do you think that Mr. Darling and Captain Hook are often played by the same actor?
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i have never watched the stage version of peter pan so i’m not very sure but
i think it may be to show how they’re both the two sides of a same coin?
on one hand, Mr. Darling is ver preoccupied with appearances and things “as they should be”, while Hook, being a pirate, is FAR from that
still, they both antagonise the children’s stay in wonderland / as a child? (which are pretty closely linked together), so despite them having wildly different characters, they’re… well when it comes to goals they’re almost the same i think
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I’ve never seen an adaption of Peter Pan so I didn’t know that they’re often played by the same actor, but it makes sense to me. What I remember of the story, Mr. Darling and Captain Hook are both portrayed as the ones trying to keep the children away from their fantasies (Neverland or creativity, changing traditional things, I really don’t know how to describe it so I hope you understand 
) Hook is the “Neverland version” of Mr. Darling
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That’s very a very common industry practice. It’s often if a theatre or a show has a low budget and they save money by having actors play different characters. Nothing wrong with it x
I often thought it was just symbolism and stuff
Mr. Darling being the representation in our world of what it means to grow up. Captain Hook also being that representation in Neverland shown through the eyes of children who percieve growing up as being an end to their fun.
In the live action movie Jason Issacs plays both Captain Hook and Mr. Darling, I feel like it’s just tradition and symbolic.