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Six Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, Caps and Bells, Right You Are (if You Think You Are), The Jar, The P

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Six Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, Caps and Bells, Right You Are (if You Think You Are), The Jar, The P
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Luigi Pirandello
Translated by Felicity Firth
Translated by Robert Rietti
Translated by John Wardle
Translated by Donald Watson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780714548494
ClassificationsDewey:852.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Imprint Alma Books Ltd
Publication Date 19 December 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This selection of plays by Luigi Pirandello contains some of his best-known works, such as Six Characters in Search of an Author - an absurdist piece in which the characters, actors and Pirandello himself interact during the rehearsal of a fictional play within the play - and Henry IV - a tragicomic tale of a man who falls from a horse and believes himself to be the eponymous Holy Roman Emperor. Preoccupied with the nature of truth and delusion, and treading dangerously on the borderline between sanity and madness, Pirandello's plays are a daring exploration of human actions and the dark motives lying behind them, and the culmination of the naturalistic school of theatre inaugurated by authors such as Ibsen and Chekhov.

Author Biography

Born in Sicily, Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) studied as a philologist before becoming an acclaimed writer of both drama and fiction. One of the most innovative and influential playwrights of the last century, he is best known for his comic masterpiece Six Characters in Search of an Author, and was the winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Reviews

"Something close to classical tragedy that evokes our primal fears..." * The Guardian *