Pelleas and Melisande

Paige Rogers in Bone to Pick

by Maurice Maeterlinck
in a new translation by Rob Melrose
May 2, 2009

In this mysterious, fairytale-like play, a beautiful young woman is found in the woods by a hunter who also happens to be a prince. He takes her to his castle and marries her. Soon after, she falls in love with his younger brother. When the love triangle explodes, she wants to return to her own world, but can she?