The Disney musical adaptation was released in 1964. The 1934 publication of Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success.Five sequels followed, as well as a collection of other novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction. Later, the mystic Gurdjieff would have a great effect on her, as would also have on several other literary figures. Through Russell, Travers met William Butler Yeats and other Irish poets who fostered her interest in and knowledge of world mythology.
In 1925 while in Ireland, Travers met the poet George William Russell who, as editor of The Irish Statesman, accepted some of her poems for publication. There she dedicated herself to writing under the pen name P. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a Shakespearean touring company before leaving for England in 1924. Travers began to publish her poems while still a teenager and wrote for The Bulletin and Triad while also gaining a reputation as an actress. Her father died when she was seven, and although "epileptic seizure delirium" was given as the cause of death, Travers herself "always believed the underlying cause was sustained, heavy drinking". She was born to bank manager Travers Robert Goff and Margaret Agnes. Pamela Lyndon Travers was an Australian novelist, actress and journalist, popularly remembered for her series of children's novels about mystical nanny Mary Poppins.
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