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Title: The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos
Release Date: August, 2005 [EBook #8606]
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THE BLUE BIRD
A Fairy Play in Six Acts
By Maurice Maeterlinck
Translated By Alexander Teixeira De Mattos
CHARACTERS
TYLTYL
MYTYL
LIGHT
THE FAIRY BÉRYLUNE
NEIGHBOUR BERLINGOT
DADDY TYL
MUMMY TYL
GAFFER TYL (Dead)
GRANNY TYL (Dead)
TYLTYL'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS (Dead)
TIME
NIGHT
NEIGHBOUR BERLINGOT'S LITTLE DAUGHTER
TYLÔ, THE DOG
TYLETTE, THE CAT
BREAD
SUGAR
FIRE
WATER
MILK
THE WOLF
THE PIG
THE OX
THE COW
THE BULL
THE SHEEP
THE COCK
THE RABBIT
THE HORSE
THE ASS
THE OAK
THE ELM
THE BEECH
THE LIME-TREE
THE FIR-TREE
THE CYPRESS
THE BIRCH
THE CHESTNUT-TREE
THE IVY
THE POPLAR
THE WILLOW
STARS, SICKNESSES, SHADES, LUXURIES, HAPPINESSES, JOYS, ETC.
MYTYL
LIGHT
THE FAIRY BÉRYLUNE
NEIGHBOUR BERLINGOT
DADDY TYL
MUMMY TYL
GAFFER TYL (Dead)
GRANNY TYL (Dead)
TYLTYL'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS (Dead)
TIME
NIGHT
NEIGHBOUR BERLINGOT'S LITTLE DAUGHTER
TYLÔ, THE DOG
TYLETTE, THE CAT
BREAD
SUGAR
FIRE
WATER
MILK
THE WOLF
THE PIG
THE OX
THE COW
THE BULL
THE SHEEP
THE COCK
THE RABBIT
THE HORSE
THE ASS
THE OAK
THE ELM
THE BEECH
THE LIME-TREE
THE FIR-TREE
THE CYPRESS
THE BIRCH
THE CHESTNUT-TREE
THE IVY
THE POPLAR
THE WILLOW
STARS, SICKNESSES, SHADES, LUXURIES, HAPPINESSES, JOYS, ETC.
CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
COSTUMES
SCENES
THE BLUE BIRD
ACT I. The Wood-cutter's Cottage
ACT II.
SCENE I.—At the FAIRY'S.
SCENE 2.—The Land of Memory.
ACT III.
SCENE 1.—The Palace of NIGHT.
SCENE 2.—The Forest.
ACT IV.
SCENE 1.—Before the Curtain.
SCENE 2.—The Palace of Happiness.
ACT V.
SCENE I.—Before the Curtain.
SCENE 2.—The Graveyard.
SCENE 3.—The Kingdom of the Future.
ACT VI.
SCENE I.—The Leave-taking.
SCENE 2.—The Awakening.