L’Oiseau bleu

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L’Oiseau bleu is a symbolist play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that follows two children on a fantastical quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness.

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instanceOf play
symbolist play
author Maurice Maeterlinck
centralMotif Blue Bird of Happiness
countryOfOrigin Belgium
firstPerformanceDirector Konstantin Stanislavski
firstPerformanceLocation Moscow Art Theatre
form five-act play
genre fantasy
symbolism
hasAdaptation The Blue Bird
surface form: The Blue Bird (1918 film)

The Blue Bird
surface form: The Blue Bird (1940 film)

The Blue Bird
surface form: The Blue Bird (1976 film)

ballet adaptations
radio adaptations
television adaptations
various opera adaptations
hasBeenTranslatedInto English
German
Russian
many other languages
hasCharacter Bread
Cat
Dog
Fire
Light
Milk
Sugar
Water
influenced children’s fantasy theatre
symbolist drama
literaryMovement Symbolism
mainCharacters Mytyl
Tyltyl
narrativeFocus quest for happiness
notableProductionCompany Moscow Art Theatre
originalLanguage French
setting fantastical world
symbolizes elusiveness of happiness
inner search for joy
targetAudience children
family
theme childhood innocence
search for happiness in everyday life
spiritual journey
value of ordinary things

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Maurice Maeterlinck notableWork L’Oiseau bleu