{"product_id":"three-plays-six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-henry-iv-the-mountain-giants-paperback","title":"Three Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, the Mountain Giants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuigi Pirandello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Mortimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR * HENRY IV * THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuigi Pirandello\u003c\/strong\u003e (1869-1936) broke decisively with the conventions of realist theatre with his two major plays, \u003cem\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003c\/em\u003e (1921) and \u003cem\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/em\u003e (1922). His relationship with Mussolini has been the subject of much debate, and his last play, \u003cem\u003eThe Mountain Giants\u003c\/em\u003e (1937), reflects Pirandello's growing anxiety about artistic integrity under a fascist regime. The quintessential modernist playwright, his plays foreshadow the Theatre of the Absurd and anticipate the work of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Eugene Ionesco. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnthony Mortimer is best known for his translations of Italian poetry, including Dante, Cavalcanti, Petrarch, and Michelangelo, and, forthcoming, François Villon (Oneworld, 2013).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45814081683653,"sku":"9780199641192","price":27.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ogufWHEXZ_9780199641192.webp?v=1771002495","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/three-plays-six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-henry-iv-the-mountain-giants-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}