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The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

Морис Метерлинк (Maurice Maeterlinck)

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Title: The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

Author: Maurice Maeterlinck

Translator: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos


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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.





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.