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It was a dream sequence in six acts described as an 'allegorical fantasy' in which the woodcutter's children Tyltyl and Mytyl fall asleep after a disappointing Christmas and dream that the fairy Berylune sends them to find ' the bird that is blue'.\r\n\r\nThey set out In search of the bird, with a diamond which allows them to see the souls of others, and visit various places including the Land of Memory, Palace of Night, a forest and a Kingdom of the Future inhabited by fairies, animals, tree spirits and other creatures. Only when they are awakened by their mother and return to reality do they find the bird.","physicalDescription":"Typographical and pictorial poster for the Theatre Royal Haymarket printed in dark and light turquoise blue, violet and red, featuring the name of the theatre at the top of the poster in turquoise upper case lettering, outlined in violet, against a white background representing a scroll. Below this, to the left, is the image of a full-length statue of a classical goddess in white robes, wearing a laurel wreath, holding the masks of Tragedy and Comedy in her right hand. To the right is the list of names of the cast and production team , the theatre management, ticket prices and matinee dates, printed in dark turquoise upper case lettering, with the name of the play THE BLUE BIRD printed in larger red upper case lettering..","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"}],"techniques":[{"text":"printed","id":"AAT53319"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Colour lithograph on paper","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Advertising","id":"THES49001"},{"text":"Posters","id":"THES252963"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2014HH0326"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"009","id":"THES345139"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"posters","id":"AAT27221"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1909","earliest":"1909-01-01","latest":"1909-12-31"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"AAT53319"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.286-1984","id":"O1114073"},"association":"Object"}],"creditLine":"Given by Joan Duncan","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"76.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"unframed","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"50.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"166.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"208.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"8.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"framed and glazed","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The poster features the name of the lessee of the theatre Frederick Harrison, the director Herbert Trench, the choreographer Ina Pelly, the producer E. Lyall Swete, the composer and musical director Norman O'Neill, the designers F. Cayley Robinson, S.H. Sime and Joseph Harker, the costume makers Simmons and Laycey, the general stage director Norman McKinnel, the general manager Carl F. Leyel, the stage manager Charles La Trobe, the business manager Horace Watson, and the cast members Margaret Murray, E.A. Warburton, Olive Walter, Pauline Gilmer, Carlotta Addison, Edward Rigby, William Vokes, Ernest Hendrie, Norman Page, Ina Pelly, Doris Lytton, H.R. Hignett, Amy Brandon Thomas, William Farren, Daisy England. Saba Raleigh, C.V. France, J. Fisher White, Carlotta Addison, Leonora Caldwell, Ernest Graham, Joseph O'Brien, Dorothy Macready, Leonora Calvert, R.H. Leverett, Guy O'Neal, K.Dennys, J. Dickson-Kenwin, W.R. Hutton, F.M. Kelly. Marjorie Burgess and Blanche Davidson., R.P. Lamb, E. Gilburt, E.J. Sulley, Roy Travers, J. Cassels Cobb, Stephen Thomas, Charlie Thomas, Arthur Webster, Francis Chamier, Joan Hayes and Nonny Lock.","historicalContext":"The donor's mother Dorothy Macready appeared as The Lime in this production","briefDescription":"Poster advertising the fairy play <i>The Blue Bird</i> by Maurice Maeterlinck translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 8 December 1909.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.6472-2009"],"accessionNumberNum":"6472","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2009,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-11","recordCreationDate":"2009-05-05","availableToBook":true}}