Maurice Maeterlinck(1862-1949)

Author of "Soeur Beatrice" (Sister Beatrice), a one-act drama about a nun who leaves her convent and whose place is taken by a statue of the Virgin Mary that comes to life. This was expanded in 1911 by 'Karl Vollmoller' into the spectacular stage pantomime, "The Miracle", which was produced onstage by the great German director Max Reinhardt (filmed as La légende de soeur Béatrix (1923).