Plays Vol I Six Character in search of an Author and other Plays

Preoccupied with the nature of truth and delusion, and treading danger- ously on the borderline between sanity and madness, Pirandello's plays are a daring exploration of human actions and the dark motives lying behind them, and the culmination of the naturalistic school of theatre inaugurated by authors such as Ibsen and Chekhov.

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This is the first of three volumes collecting the complete plays of Luigi Pirandello, one of the foremost playwrights and fiction writers of the twentieth century. This volume contains some of Pirandello's most famous plays, including 'Six Characters in Search of an Author', 'Henry IV' and 'The Life That I Gave Thee', as well as several of his lesser-known works for the stage, some of which are translated into English for the first time.