Maeterlink's "The blue bird"

Title

Language

English

Year

1936

Subject

Children's plays -- Philippines

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

[This article features the beautiful six-act drama telling of the search of two little children for the Bluebird of Happiness presented by the children of the Elite Kindergarten and Primary School Inc. at the Manila Grand Opera House.]

Fulltext

Ja1111ary, 1936 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 34/ MAl:Tl:RLINK'S "Tl-II: BLUI: BIRD" To be Presented. by the Elite Kindergarten Students ON FEBRUARY 8th, at 5:00 P. M. the Mani!a Theatre-goers-adults as well as children will be charmed by Maurice Maeterlinck's eX·· quisite, allegorical fairy-tale-"The Blue-bird." This beautiful six-act drama telling of the search of two little children for the Bluebird of Happiness will be presented by the children of the Elite Kindergarten and Primary.School. Inc., at the Manila Grand Opera House. Rosario Castro, age six, and Mitos Sison, age five. have the leading roles and as actresses they rival Shirley Temple. They have each memorized parts which are extremely long and difficult and. their acting is very natural and unstudied. Rosario plays the parr of the boy, Tylcyl. and Mitos, his little sister, Mytyl. The fairy, who is at fir~c very ugly but lacer turns out to be very beautiful is played by Isabelita Diaz. The other leading characters are the personification of Light which is played by Angelina Uson: Sugar, Gloria Alvear; Bread, Caesar Celeste, (a student at La Salle College, who is substituting for one of the children who is ill): Fire, Raul Fores; Water. Mancia Garchitorena: Ty lo, the Dog, Generoso Villanueva; Tylette, the Cat, Arcadio '.,?:aValla and Milk, Luz Franco. The part Of the Neighbor's little girl in WHY NEWS PAPERS CAME TO BE CALLED SO In the olden days, when newspapers were just being started, they used to carry above their headlines on the first page a picture of the compass. Some en· terprising editor had the idea of re-arranging the letters symbolic of the points of the compass into a straight line and printed the word NEWS (meaning· North, East, West, South). The other publisher~ decide'd to follow his example and from that time on newspapers came to be called thus. WHY WE CALL THEM X-RAYS X-rays are used to get pictures of the skeleton and all the internal organs of the body to help the doctors in determining the trouble in a person's body. It is also used for the treatment of tumors of a certain kind and some skin diseases. When Professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen of th~ University of Wurzburg. Germany, discovered the X-rays, he was not sure of their exact nature, and so he named them "X-rays", "X" being used to desigAct IV is taken by Baby Limjap, age four. The younger children are taking part in the dancc5 of which there are m·any directed by Miss Anita Kane. and every child in school appears in the Kingdom of the Future Act V. Adult characters tor the adult roles have been borrowed from among the friends and relatives of the children of the Elite School, the leading members of which are Mother and the Joy of Maternal Love, Rosa Visaya: Father and Grandfather, Raul Arellano; Grandmother. Angelina Fofes; Neighbor, Teodoro Paguirigan; and Night, Olimpia Ubaldo. The scenery for the Bluebird matches the play in exquisite beauty in which every detail has been carefully carried out and the gorgeous costumes carry out the unusual splendor of the play. The children of the audien(:e will enjoy the fairy story an·d will be delighted throughout the entire play, but the older people will at the same time thor.oughly appreciate the allegorical and symbolic beautY of the story as well. every line of which is fraught with meaning-and "The Blue-bird" will be a pla) which will not be forgotten for many months to come. HOW NODDING THE HEA'D UP AND DOWN CAME TO MEAN "YES" Although man claims to be superior to the lower forms of animals, still he has to admit that he has copied a great number of things from them. One of these is the movement of the head to indicate "yes" o.r "no" When the mother animal brings to its young ones a piece of food, she dangles it before them and the little ones open their mouths and nod their heads forward to show that they want it. Likewise, we nod our hea'ds forward when we mean "yes". It has been observed chat we unconsciously open our lips a little when we do this. just as the little animals open their mouths as a sign chat they want the food. When the little animals are satisfied, they close their mouths and shake 'their heads from side to side to prevent the mother from puttirig into their mouths any more food. Likewise, we shake our heads to indicate "no" and unconsciously clinch our teeth when we do so. nate any "unknown quantity" or a thing not quite known.

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347

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