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Blue Bird, The
Blue Bird, The Two children as Tyltyl and Mytyl in a production of The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck, c. 1910.

The Blue Bird

play by Maeterlinck
Also known as: “L’Oiseau bleu”
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The Blue Bird, play for children by Maurice Maeterlinck, published as L’Oiseau bleu in 1908. In a fairy-tale-like setting, Tyltyl and Mytyl, the son and daughter of a poor woodcutter, are sent out by the Fairy BĂ©rylune to search the world for the Blue Bird of Happiness. After many adventures, they find it in their own backyard.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.