The Blue Bird

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play symbolist play theatrical work

The Blue Bird is a 1908 symbolist play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck, famed for its allegorical quest for happiness and its influential productions in early 20th-century theatre.

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Surface form Occurrences
The Blue Bird (1940 film) 3
The Blue Bird (1918 film) 1
The Blue Bird (1976 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
symbolist play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
adaptedAs ballet ⓘ
film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
radio play ⓘ
author Maurice Maeterlinck NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedAuthorContext Maurice Maeterlinck received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralMotif blue bird as symbol of happiness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
dramaticStyle allegory ⓘ
fairy play ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
firstDirector Konstantin Stanislavski NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1908 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstProducingCompany Moscow Art Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
form five-act play ⓘ
genre Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegorical drama ⓘ
hasCharacter Mytyl NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Fairy Bérylune NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyltyl NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotive search for the unattainable ⓘ
value of everyday life ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
influenced early 20th-century theatre ⓘ
fantasy drama ⓘ
symbolist stage design ⓘ
literarySignificance major work of symbolist drama ⓘ
one of Maurice Maeterlinck's best-known plays ⓘ
mainTheme nature of human desire ⓘ
quest for happiness ⓘ
search for spiritual fulfillment ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
movement Symbolist theatre ⓘ
notableAdaptation 1918 American silent film "The Blue Bird" NERFINISHED ⓘ
1940 American fantasy film "The Blue Bird" NERFINISHED ⓘ
1976 Soviet-American film "The Blue Bird" NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableProduction Moscow Art Theatre 1908 production ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
periodOfInfluence early 20th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1908 ⓘ
setting fairy-tale world ⓘ
subjectMatter children's journey through magical realms ⓘ
philosophical exploration of happiness ⓘ
targetAudience family audiences ⓘ
titleInOriginalLanguage L'Oiseau bleu NERFINISHED ⓘ

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L’Oiseau bleu → hasAdaptation → The Blue Bird ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Bird (1918 film)
L’Oiseau bleu → hasAdaptation → The Blue Bird ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Bird (1940 film)
L’Oiseau bleu → hasAdaptation → The Blue Bird ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Bird (1976 film)
Ernest Truex → notableWork → The Blue Bird ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Bird (1940 film)
Moscow Art Theatre → notableWork → The Blue Bird ⓘ
Gale Sondergaard → performedIn → The Blue Bird ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Bird (1940 film)