What inspired Maurice Maeterlinck to write a fairy play about the search for happiness?
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What inspired Maurice Maeterlinck to write a fairy play about the search for happiness?
Did anyone else find the whimsical tone both uplifting and a bit haunting?
How do you think the setting of the fairy world enhances the play's messages about childhood and longing?