Variations
Other versions of Bluebeard include:
- Ariane et Barbe-bleue by Paul Dukas
- Bluebeard's Castle by Bela Bartok and Béla Balázs
- Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens
- The Awful History of Bluebeard by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Bluebeard's Keys by Anne Thackeray Ritchie
- The Seven Wives of Bluebeard by Anatole France
- The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
- Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood
- Bones by Francesca Lia Block.
- Bluebeard (play), an off-Broadway comedy by Charles Ludlam
- Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
In Charles Dickens' short story, the titular character is described as "an offshoot of the Bluebeard family", and is far more bloodthirsty than most Bluebeards: he cannibalises each wife a month after marriage. He meets his demise after his sister-in-law in revenge for the death of her sister, marries him and consumes a deadly poison just before he devours her.
In DC Comics's Fables series, Bluebeard appears as an amoral character, willing to kill and often suspected of being involved in various nefarious deeds.
In the Japanese light novel and recently adapted manga/anime Fate/zero, Bluebeard appears as the Caster Servant, where his character largely stems from Gilles de Rais as a serial murderer of children.
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