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Pirandello: Six Characters in Search of an Author »

Book cover image of Pirandello: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Jennifer Lorch

Authors: Jennifer Lorch, Michael Robinson
ISBN-13: 9780521646185, ISBN-10: 0521646189
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Jennifer Lorch

Book Synopsis

A study of the history of performances of Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Table of Contents

1Six characters in search of an author - the play (1921)15
2The first production : Teatro Valle, Rome, 9 May 1921, directed by Dario Niccodemi31
3Two early productions in London and New York (1922)44
4Pitoeff's production in Paris (1923)54
5Reinhardt's production in Berlin (1924)68
6Pirandello's production of the 1925 text (1925)79
7Six characters on the Italian stage (1936-1993)93
8Two English productions (1929 and 1963)124
9Becoming part of national theatre in France and England135
10Making Six characters accessible : Robert Brustein and Richard Jones155
11Pushing at the frontiers of theatre : Klaus Michael Gruber and Anatoli Vasiliev170
12A brief look at Six characters in other media195

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