The Blue Bird A Fairy Play in Six Acts

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Maurice Maeterlinck created in The Blue Bird an enchanting journey through memory, happiness, loss, and wonder. On Christmas Eve, two children, Tyltyl and Mytyl, are sent in search of the mysterious Blue Bird of Happiness. Guided by the fairy Bérylune, they travel beyond the boundaries of the ordinary world-through the Land of Memory, the Palace of Night, the forest, the Kingdom of the Future, and other strange and luminous realms. Along the way, familiar things come alive, the unseen becomes visible, and the children discover that what they have been seeking may have been much closer than they imagined. First performed in 1908, The Blue Bird became an international sensation and one of the defining works of Symbolist theatre. Part fairy tale, part philosophical fable, Maeterlinck's play speaks to both children and adults through its enduring questions about where happiness is found and what it means to truly see the world around us. This Crestance Press edition presents the complete English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos in a thoughtfully prepared and illustrated edition designed to invite a new generation of readers into Maeterlinck's remarkable world.