{"product_id":"three-plays-luigi-pirandello-9780199641192","title":"Three Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, the Mountain Giants","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR * HENRY IV * THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePirandello 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 the rehearsals of a provincial theatre company in an attempt to play out their family drama. In the brilliant\u003cem\u003e Henry IV\u003c\/em\u003e, a young man believes himself to be the Holy Roman Emperor; attempts to cure him of his delusion have disastrous consequences.\u003cem\u003eThe Mountain Giants\u003c\/em\u003e is Pirandello's last, unfinished masterpiece, in which he moves towards the mythical, and make-believe and real life once more become entangled. The play reflects its author's growing anxiety about the function of art under a fascist regime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition includes Pirandello's important Preface to \u003cem\u003eSix Characters\u003c\/em\u003e, an essential critical document for understanding the play that made him famous. Anthony Mortimer's lively and performable translations remain scrupulously faithful to the letter and spirit of the originals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luigi Pirandello, Anthony Mortimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199641196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199641192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Luigi Pirandello","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43914282270975,"sku":"9780199641192","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c4d7400e-2cc2-4471-a657-e73aac0d2d5a.jpg?v=1680641401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-plays-luigi-pirandello-9780199641192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}