'The Blue Bird'

A Fairy Play

(Maeterlinck)

Monday 9 January 1928 1928 9.35-11.00
Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos
performed by the cast of stage play
abridged and presented by arrangement with Nora Johnston
music C. Whitaker Wilson
pr (no billing) From script mark-up = Howard Rose

Tyltyl - Brian Glennie
Mytyl - Patricia Hayes
Light - Maud Cressall
The Fairy Berylune - Florence Tyrell
Neighbour Berlingot - Susan Hodder
Daddy Tyl - Henry Oscar
Mummy Tyl - Jean Rose
Granny Tyl - Phyllis Garnett
Time - Nancy Prich (price?)
Night - Nora Johnston
Tylo the Dog - Matthew Boulton
Tylette the Cat - Norman Page
Bread - Charles Mortimer
Sugar - Ernest Leverett
Fire - Patrick Waddington
Water - Juliet Mansell
Milk - Eileen Kelsey
Stars, Sicknesses, Shades, Luxuries, Happinesses, Joys, etc.

Act I
The Wood-Cutter's Cottage

Act II
Scene 1. At the Fairy's
Scene 2. The Land of Memory

Act III
Scene 1. The Palace of Night
Scene 2. The Palace of Happiness

Act IV
Scene 1. Before the Curtain
Scene 2. The Palace of Happiness

Act V
Scene 1. Before the Curtain
Scene 2. The Graveyard
Scene 3. The Kingdom of the Future

Act VI
Scene 1. The Leave-taking
Scene 2. The Awaakening

The Blue bird, symbol of happiness or truth, is a rare and precious thing, very difficult to find. It is, perhaps, enough to seek it.
The children, Tyltyl and Mytyl having gone to bed, are visited by the Fairy Berylune, who tells them that she is anxious to find the blue Bird so that she may give it to her sick child. She says she would like them to help her to find it and gives Tyltyl a magic diamond by means of which he is able to bring all things to life and provide them with souls. Light comes from the lamp; and Fire, Water, Milk, Sugar and Bread, and even the Dog and Cat, all come from their accustomed places. With Light as guide, they go on their quest, first to the Land of Memory, then to the Palace of Night, the Palace of Happiness, a Graveyard, the Kingdom of the Future, and at last, after many adventures, home again.

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'The Betrothal' or 'The Blue Bird Chooses'

A Fairy Play - Being a sequel to 'The Blue Bird'

(Maurice Maeterlinck)

Monday 8 October 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-10
Wednesday 10 October London and Daventry 8-10

Music by Armstrong Gibbs

Translated by Alexander Teneira De Mattos

Tyltyl - John Reeves
Fairy Berylune - Dora Gregory
The Neighbour - Dora Gregory
Milette - Monica Disney
Belline - Tita Casartelli
Rosella - Peggie Robb-Smith
Amiette - Anne Furnival
Jalline - Phyllis Konstam
Rosarelle - Jean Shepherd
Destiny - Ernest Haines
Granny Tyl - Hilda Sims
Mummy Tyl - Hilda Sims
Gaffer Tyl - J. Sebastian Smith
Daddy Tyl - J. Sebastian Smith
The Great Ancestor - Frank Petley
The Great Menicant - Frank Denton
Murderer Ancestor - Frank Denton
The Sick Ancestor - Gerald Jerome
The Great Peasant - Gerald Jerome
First Child - Joan Brierley
Second Child - Yvonne Ironside
Third Child - Maris Wright
Fourth Child - Bunty Johnson
Oldest Child - Patricia Hayes
Youngest Child - Lorna Roberts
Phantom - Marjorie Sedley
Mother Joy - Marjorie Sedley

The Wireless Orchester conducted by John Ansell

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