By Maurice Maeterlinck

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.