Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays (Penguin

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics)

A volume of plays from the founding architect of twentieth-century drama, including his most popular and controversial work

A Penguin Classic

Pirandello is brilliantly innovatory in his forms and themes, and in the combined energy, imagination and visual colours of his theatre. This volume of plays, translated from the Italian by Mark Musa, opens with Six Characters in Search of an Author, in which six characters invade the stage and demand to be included in the play. The tragedy Henry IV dramatizes the lucid madness of a man who may be King. In So It Is (If You Think So), the townspeople exercise a morbid curiosity attempting to discover â€œthe truthâ€ about the Ponza family. Each of these plays can lay claim to being Pirandelloâ€™s masterpiece, and in exploring the nature of human personality, each one stretches the resources of drama to their limits.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140189223
Color White
ReleaseDate 1996-02-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140189223

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780140189223
Color	White
ReleaseDate	1996-02-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140189223

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics)

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