Wednesday, January 2, 2013

l'oiseau bleu

maria germanova as the witch 


alexandra rebikova as milk 


boltin as sugar & alisa koonen as mytyl


night


water


znamensky as time with souls of the unborn


alisa coonen as mytyl & sofya khalyutina as tyltyl


novoselsky as elm tree


baliev as bread


baranovskaya as light & margarita savitskaya as fairy


ivan moskvin as cat


g. burdzhalov as fire


aleksandrov as pig


maria germanova as the witch


l'oiseau bleu (the blue bird) is a 1908 play by belgian author maurice maeterlinck. it premiered on 30 september 1908 directed by konstantin stanislavski's at his moscow art theatre. 

maeterlinck had met french symbolist poets when he visited paris & was inspired by this literary form, which used allegory to define truth. in the blue bird, the fantasy characters represent aspects of human existence: the dog symbolizes faithfulness; self-interest is embodied in the cat, etc.

the story is about a brother & sister (tyltyl & mytyl) seeking happiness, represented by the blue bird of happiness & aided by the good fairy bérylune. the fairy beryluna tells them they must go on a journey to find the blue bird for her daughter who is very ill & "just wants to be happy." she gives tyltyl a green hat with a large diamond that makes people see "inside the soul of ordinary things." when tyltyl turns the diamond, fire, water, bread, sugar, milk, the dog & cat all come to life. soon they are all off on their journey to find the blue bird.

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