Luigi Pirandello

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …

Mattia Pascal grew up in a small Italian town not dissimilar to that of the author's upbringing. Pascal leads a somewhat feckless boyhood, a…

A talented actor and historian falls off his horse in a historical pageant while playing the role of Henry IV. When he comes to, he believes…