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  • Henry IV

    Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello is a haunting and intellectually charged drama that probes the fragile boundaries between madness and sanity, illusion and truth, performance and reality. First staged in the early 20th century, this powerful play stands as one of Pirandello's most profound explorations of identity and the masks imposed by society. The story centers on a wealthy nobleman who, after a ... Read more

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  • Six Characters

    Six Characters by Luigi Pirandello is a groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece that revolutionized modern drama and challenged the very nature of reality, identity, and storytelling. Bold, innovative, and intellectually provocative, this seminal work dismantles the boundaries between fiction and life, drawing audiences into a world where characters demand to be heard and truth becomes a shifting, ... Read more

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  • Three Plays

    Three Plays by Luigi Pirandello is a collection of three thought-provoking plays that delve into themes of identity, illusion, and the complexities of human existence. Each play explores the tension between reality and perception, characteristic of Pirandello's work.The first play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, is one of Pirandello's most famous works. It blurs the line between fiction ... Read more

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  • One, None, and a Hundred Grand

    Translated by Sean Wilsey ...
    A hilarious exploration of the relativism of identity from Italian novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.This uproarious new translation of One, None, and a Hundred Grand delivers the defining work of Italian existentialism to an English speaking audience—in all its madcap glory. The novel’s hero is a wealthy twenty-four-year-old naïf who considers ... Read more

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  • One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand

    After all, the “Moscarda” he believed himself to be was different when he was alone, or with his wife, his tenant, or his friends. And there were hundreds—no, thousands—of additional Moscardas in the minds of everyone who had met or heard of him.Moscarda grappled with this new knowledge: that he was not who he thought he was, nor who anyone else thought he was. And the people around him? They were ... Read more

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  • One, None and a Hundred Thousand

    Nobel prize-winning Luigi Pirandello’s classic novel on the nature of identity brims with sly humor, compelling drama, and skillfully depicted, oddly modern characters—all capped with timeless insight into the fragile human psyche.Luigi Pirandello's extraordinary final novel begins when Vitangelo Moscarda's wife remarks that Vitangelo's nose tilts to the right. This commonplace interaction spurs ... Read more

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  • Six Characters in Search of an Author

    Enriched edition. An Existential Exploration Through Meta-Theatrical Drama

    Luigi Pirandello's seminal play, "Six Characters in Search of an Author," embodies the essence of modernist theatre through its innovative blending of reality and illusion. This metafictional work introduces six characters abandoned by their creator, who intrude upon a rehearsal in search of an author to give them life and a coherent narrative. The play's fragmented structure and disjointed ... Read more

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  • Three Plays

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

    Translated by Anthony Mortimer ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR * HENRY IV * THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS Pirandello ranks with Strindberg, Brecht, and Beckett as a seminal figure in modern drama. Innovative and influential, he broke decisively with the conventions of realist theatre to foreground the tensions between art and reality. In his best known play, six characters, imagined but then abandoned by their author, intrude on ... Read more

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  • One, None and a Hundred-thousand

    Enriched edition. Exploring Identity and Existential Realities in Sicilian Fiction

    In "One, None and a Hundred-thousand," Luigi Pirandello explores the complex interplay of identity and perception within the fabric of modern existence. Through the protagonist, Vitangelo Moscarda, the narrative delves into existential themes, questioning the nature of self and the multiplicity of perspectives that define it. Written in a distinctive style characterized by innovative narrative ... Read more

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  • 3 Stories - Set in Sicily

    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo ... Read more

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  • The Late Mattia Pascal

    Translated by Nicoletta Simborowski ...
    Pascal, a landowner fallen on hard times and trapped in a miserable marriage, runs away from home and wins a lot of money at the gaming tables in Monte Carlo. Meanwhile a body has been found in the millrace of his village and it is assumed that Pascal has killed himself. Seizing what looks like a chance to create a new life, he travels to Rome under an assumed name and struggles to invent a ... Read more

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  • Six Characters in Search of an Author

    First performed in 1921 with Romans calling out 'Madhouse!' from the audience, "Six Characters in Search of an Author" has remained the most famous and innovative of Pirandello's plays. Often labeled a satirical tragicomedy, this play initiated the anti-illusionism movement of the early twentieth century, rejecting realism in favor of a more symbolic, dreamlike quality. When an acting company's ... Read more

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