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Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team








THE BLUE BIRD


_A Fairy Play in Six Acts_


By Maurice Maeterlinck

_Translated By_ Alexander Teixeira De Mattos





CHARACTERS

   TYLTYL
   MYTYL
   LIGHT
   THE FAIRY BERYLUNE
   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
   TYLO, 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.




TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

A new act appears for the first time in this edition and is inserted as
Act IV--_Palace of Happiness_. It has been specially written for the
Christmas revival of _The Blue Bird_ at the Haymarket Theatre, where
it will take