THE BLUE BIRD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15764, 15 May 1913, Page 4

THE BLUE BIRD.

After a most successful run in tho North the "Jllue Bird" Company played to a packed house in Timaru last night. The oomrtany will arrive in Dunedin by tho lirst express to-day, and to-morrow "nisjht in His Majesty's Theatre the management will present for the liret time Maeterlinck's wonderfully successful fairy play. Just as the cat, the dog, milk, sugar," bread, lire, water, and light are about the majority of children during the whole course of their lives, so in this realistic story they accompany the little, hero and heroine in their many adventures. The attributes of each are, it is stated, all well symbolised. The cat is always selfish and deceitful, and with feline cunning confines his professions ol affection almost entirely to the little girl, al- - he is very intimate in his association with milk. The dog is a bluff, lionet creature, entirely devoted to his little master, but continually getting into trouble through his Attempts, to guard him from the machinations of the cat. I'ire and water are constantly hissing at one another; bread is a flaccid friend of everybody; siurnr is a cloying sweetness; and- light is a beauteous radiance illuminating everything, and ever protecting her wards from'evil." The marvels of lighting and scenic display have, it is said, never been equalled. Tile electrician, the costumier, the stage mechanist, the mistress of the ballet, ami the musician have, wo are told, all nut their hearts into their work, with the result that the environment of fairyland is uninterruptedly present, and there is no defect to mar the harmony of the picture. All through the fairy play wonderful things are made to happen in the search for the blue bird, which is the secret of happiness, Maeterlinck lias materialised in his fantastic iman-. tnatton ''perfumes of the night mid dew," and in one eeene "The Forest.".the chief characters are the trees. Although the booking is excellent there is stlil a number of seats in either the dress circle or reserved stalls which mav be selected at tho Dresden. Children will be admitted at half price to the matinee, which takes place on Saturday afternoon.