Ardiane and Barbe Bleue or, The Useless Deliverance

Written by

Maurice Maeterlinck

and

Bernard Miall

Translated by

Bernard Miall

~playauthor~Written by~ Maurice Maeterlinck , Bernard Miall ~playauthor~Translated by~ Bernard Miall

Methuen Drama, 2024

playtext

Acts: 3, Roles: Total (9), Female (6), Male (2), Unassigned (1)

...Itself inspired by the French folk tale by Charles Perrault, Ardiane and Barbe Bleue or, The Useless Deliverance would go on to inspire operas by Paul Dukas and Béla Bartók. In Ardiane and Barbe Bleue, the eponymous hero...