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Three plays

Luigi Pirandello ; translated by Robert Rietty ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by John Linstrum

(The Master playwrights)(A Methuen paperback)

Methuen, 1985

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Contents of Works

  • The rules of the game
  • Six characters in search of an author
  • Henry IV

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA06731374
  • ISBN
    • 0413575608
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxviii, 200 p.
  • Size
    18 cm
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