The Blue Bird for Happiness by M. Maeterlinck
The Blue Bird for Happiness by Belgian playwright Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, translated by A. Texeira de Mattos. First produced at the Haymarket Theatre on 8th December 1909. The programme, which gives the title as "The Bluebird", says the bird, inhabitant of "the fabulous blue country of our dreams, is an ancient symbol of the folk-lore of Lorraine, and stands for Happiness"
Picture No
11120957
Media ID
46890632
Size
3022px x 4724px
(2.4MB)
Credit
© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Artist: Frederick Cayley Robinson - The Michael Diamond Collection
Date
1909





























