Pirandello Three Plays: The Rules of the Game; Six Characters in Search of an Author; Henry IV (World Classics) - Softcover

Pirandello, Luigi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413575608 ISBN 13: 9780413575609

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 1985

Synopsis

Three essential plays by one of Europe's foremost 20th century dramatists The Rules of the Game (1918) is based closely on the author's own unhappy marriage centred around Leone Gala and his wife who are separated, their only contract, a formal visiting procedure; Henry 1V, shows the effect of madness and delusion on the figure of a king (1922); and in Six Characters in Search of an Author six actors are trapped inside a rehearsal for an unwritten play desperately needing a writer to complete their story and release them. Intrigued by their situation, the director and his company of actors listen as the characters begin to describe and argue over the key events of their lives. This, his best known play, caused riots when it was first produced at the Teatro Valle in Rome in 1921.

About this title

About the Author:

Luigi Pirandello (Italian: (Agrigento 28 June 1867 – Rome 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.

Language Notes:

Text: Italian, English

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0413575608
• ISBN 13: 9780413575609
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240