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Pélléas and Mélisande
Maurice Maeterlinck
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The ring?
GOLAUD.Yes; our wedding-ring, where is it?
MÉLISANDE.I think…. I think it has fallen….
GOLAUD.Fallen?—Where has it fallen?—You have not lost it?
MÉLISANDE.No, no; it fell … it must have fallen…. But I know where it is….
GOLAUD.Where is it?
MÉLISANDE.You know … you know well … the grotto by the seashore?…
GOLAUD.Yes.
MÉLISANDE.Well then, it is there…. It must be it is there…. Yes, yes; I remember…. I went there this morning to pick up shells for little Yniold…. There were some very fine ones…. It slipped from my finger &. . . Read More
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Une merveille de poésie. Une beauté incroyable, des mots doux pour parler d'une vie impossible coincée entre un murmure insipide et le Clair de Lune argenté.
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Avec le génie de Gabriel Fauré en fond sonore, juste sublime.
This play, one of his best, brought Maeterlinck to international fame. There is much different about Maeterlinck’s poetry and drama. Heavy in symbolism, rich in dialogue, there is always a tension in his work. Maeterlinck’s dialogue makes great use of repetition. This can be both criticized and stud