The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

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The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

by Maurice Maeterlinck

EN·~3 hours·23 chapters

Chapters

23 total

THE BLUE BIRD - A Fairy Play in Six Acts

0:02

By Maurice Maeterlinck

0:46

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

0:31

COSTUMES

3:23

SCENES

0:27

THE BLUE BIRD

0:00

ACT I. The Wood-cutter's Cottage

23:12

ACT II.

0:00

SCENE I.—At the FAIRY'S.

11:10

SCENE 2.—The Land of Memory.

14:49

Description

A whimsical fairy play opens in a humble woodcutter’s cottage, where the curious siblings Tyltyl and Mytyl share a simple life with their parents and the faithful dog Tylô. Their world is suddenly stirred by the gentle Fairy Berylune, who arrives with a glittering promise of a blue bird that can bring true happiness. Alongside personified figures such as Light, Time and Night, and a lively cast of animals and trees, the children are invited to step beyond the familiar hearth and begin a search that feels both ordinary and magical.

The early scenes blend everyday rustic charm with the sparkle of myth, letting listeners feel the excitement of an adventure just beginning. As the fairy’s quest unfolds, themes of wonder, innocence and the longing for joy emerge, inviting audiences of all ages to imagine the hidden enchantments that might lie in their own lives. The play’s lyrical dialogue and vivid characters set a tone of gentle mystery that lingers long after the first act ends.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (182K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Text file produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

Release date

2005-08-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck

1862–1949

A quiet, dreamlike voice in European literature, this Belgian writer helped shape Symbolist drama and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. His plays and essays often turn simple images—silence, fate, light, bees, blue birds—into something haunting and memorable.

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