Three Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, The Mountain Giants

FormatCollection / Anthology
LanguageEnglish
Year2014
CountryUnited States
Pages256
ISBN978-0199641192
Three Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, The Mountain Giants

Pirandello is a seminal figure in modern drama. This is the only one-volume edition of his two most famous plays, Six Characters in Search of an Author and Henry IV, and his last unfinished masterpiece The Mountain Giants, in lively and performable new translations that remain faithful to the letter and spirit of the originals.

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CONTENTS Abbreviations vi Introduction vii Note on the Text xxvii Select Bibliography xxxix A Chronology of Luigi Pirandello xxxii SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR 1 HENRY IV 61 THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS 125 Appendix I: Pirandello's Preface to Six Characters in Search of an Author (1925) 186 Appendix II: The Historical Henry IV 197 Explanatory Notes 201

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