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The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts

Maurice Maeterlinck

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The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts

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The Blue Bird is a play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visited by Fairy Berilyuna. Fairy's granddaughter is sick and can only be saved by the Blue Bird. Thanks to the Fairy's magic gift children have the opportunity to see the soul of things. Inanimate objects Clocks, Fire, Water, Bread, Sugar, Milk transformed into beings with their own character. Together, they set off on a dangerous journey for the fabulous Blue Bird. The play is inspired with the deep idea of the author "be brave enough to see the hidden." - Wikipedia
scientiously; unfortunately, the Dog, who kept on interrupting me….

THE DOG
What's that?… Just wait a bit I…

(He is about to leap upon the CAT, but TYLTYL foreseeing his intention, stops with a threatening gesture.)

TYLTYL
Down, Tylô!… Take care; and, if ever I catch you again…

THE DOG
My little god, you don't know, it was he who…

TYLTYL (threatening him)
Be quiet!…

THE FAIRY
Come, that will do…. Let Bread hand the cage for this evening to
Tyltyl…. It is just possible that the Blue Bird may be hidden In the
Past, at the grandparents'…. In any case, it Is a chance which we must
not neglect…. Well, Bread, the cage?

BREAD (solemnly) One moment, if you please, Mrs. Fairy…. (Like an orator making a speech) I call upon all of you to bear witness that this silver cage, which was entrusted to my care by….

THE FAIRY (interrupting him) Enough!… No speeches!… We will go out this way and the children that….

TYLTYL (rather anxiously)
Are we to go all alone?…

MYTYL
I feel hungry!…

TYLTYL
I, too!…

THE FAIRY (to BREAD)
Open your Turkish robe and give them a slice of your good stomach….

(BREAD opens his robe, draws his scimitar and cuts two slices out of his stomach and hands them to the CHILDREN.)

SUGAR (approaching the CHILDREN) Allow me at the same time to offer you a few sugar-sticks…. (He breaks off the five fingers of his left hand, one by on

Florencia 07/30/2017
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