Der grüne Kakadu is a one act grotesque by Arthur Schnitzler.

It was written in 1898 and premiered on 1 March 1899, together with his plays Paracelsus and Die Gefährtin, at the Vienna Burgtheater.

[1] The play thematises the indistinguishability of truth and lies, of appearance and reality.

[2] Paris 1789: Prospère, a former theatre director, runs a dive called "The Green Cockatoo".

On 14 July, the day the French Revolution broke out, the real turmoil of the street now enters the scene.