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In February 1925, the 58-year-old world-famous playwright Luigi Pirandello met Marta Abba, an unknown, beautiful actress less than half his age. She was to become, until his death in December 1936, not only his confidante but also his inspiring muse, artistic collaborator and co-reformer of Italian theater. 32 halftones. ... Read more

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An artist's love
Luigi Pirandello was one of the greatest Italian writers, certainly one of the best of the twentieth century. At the age of sixty-eight, he met the beautiful and vivacious Marta Abba, a lovely young actress. Though he was old enough to be her father, Pirandello fell in love with Marta, and she remained his muse, his confidante, and his emotional focus.

His letters reveal the many facets of his personality. Some readers might be a little weirded out by the intensity of his feelings for Marta (especially since she never entirely returned them), but many years in the future it's clear that even if she didn't exactly return his feelings, she did care about him, liked him, respected him, and appreciated his feelings about her. "To me he was like a god," she is quoted as saying, even though she got to see all his flaws. And Pirandello's feelings are not those of a dirty old man falling for a much younger woman -- he's revealed, even in old age, as being a very passionate and intense person.

In his letters, he often talks about making her a famous actress, and how the two of them would reform the theatre. The foreword written by Benito Ortolani includes his descriptions of meeting Marta herself, in the 1980s, and what she had to say about "the Maestro." Unfortunately there aren't any pictures.

The relationship between Pirandello and Marta was a unique one, a mishmash of unusual feelings. Definitely worth the read. ... Read more

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Commedia in un atto messa in scena per la prima volta nel 1917 in versione siciliana (col titolo 'A birritta cu 'i ciancianeddi) dalla compagnia di Angelo Musco, pubblicata per la prima volta in versione italiana nello stesso anno e poi rivista per le successive pubblicazioni fino al 1925. Protagonista un modesto impiegato, Ciampa, che viene tradito dalla moglie, ma non reagisce fino a quando la moglie dell'amante di lei, gelosa, non provoca uno scandalo: Ciampa allora vede distrutta l'immagine di rispettabilità che ha costruito di sé (ciò che lui chiama il proprio «pupo») e sarebbe costretto a reagire rovinosamente, se non riuscisse a risolvere la situazione facendo apparire l'accusatrice come pazza. ... Read more

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La vita di una tranquilla cittadina di provincia viene scossa dall'arrivo di un nuovo impiegato,il Signor Ponza, e della suocera, la Signora Frola, scampati ad un terribile terremoto nella Marsica. Si mormora, tuttavia, che assieme ai due sia giunta in città anche la moglie del nuovo arrivato, anche se nessuno l'ha mai vista. Il signor Ponza vive con la moglie all'ultimo piano di un caseggiato periferico, mentre la suocera vive in un elegante appartamentino. Il trio viene così coinvolto nelle chiacchiere del paese, che vedono il signor Ponza come un "mostro" che impedisce alla suocera di vedere la figlia tenuta chiusa a chiave in casa. Il superiore del signor Ponza, il consigliere Agazzi, si reca perciò dal prefetto affinché metta in luce la verità e chiarisca la vicenda. Questa richiesta, comunicata alla moglie e ad altri conoscenti riuniti in casa del consigliere, provoca l'ilarità dello scetticocognato Laudisi, che difende i nuovi arrivati dalla curiosità del paesino affermando l'impossibilità a conoscere gli altri e, più in generale, la verità assoluta....
L'opera è incentrata su un tema molto caro a Pirandello: l'inconoscibilità del reale, di cui ognuno può dare una propria interpretazione che non può coincidere con quella degli altri. Si genera così un relativismo delle forme, delle convenzioni e dell'esteriorità, un'impossibilità a conoscere la verità assoluta che è ben rappresentata dal personaggio Laudisi e dalla frase "io sono colei che mi si crede" ripetuta dalla donna misteriosa.

Lingua: Italiano
Capilettera: si
Capitoli separati: si
Formattazione per kindle: si
Indice: si

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Since its premiere in Rome in 1921, Six Characters in Search of an Author has gained worldwide recognition. Pirandello's challenge to stage representation was taken up by leading directors and changed theater's perception of itself. Jennifer Lorch examines the play's impact through close analysis of individual productions in the context of theater history and practice. Her book includes a chronology of the most important productions, a bibliography and illustrations from major productions. ... Read more

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1922. Contains Six Characters in Search of an Author; Henry IV.; and Right You Are! (If You Think So). Pirandello, Italian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. Pirandello's plays are often seen as forerunners for theater of the absurd. Right You Are (If You Think So) marked Pirandello's interest in the examination of the relativity of truth. The story was about a woman whose identity remains hidden and who could be one of the two very different people. Six Characters in Search of An Author created a scandal when it was first performed in Rome, but was hailed as a masterpiece in Paris. Henry IV received much better reception in Italy. It told about a man who believes he is the German emperor Henry IV. To accommodate his illness his wealthy sister has placed him in a medieval castle surrounded by actors dressed as eleventh-century courtiers. ... Read more

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It's Rome 1910, and the Ponza family's tendency to swap identities shows the truth to be a highly subjective commodity. Franco Zeferelli's production of Luigi Pirandello's brilliant comedy was a West End hit in 2003 and is scheduled to open on Broadway.

Luigi Pirandello achieved acclaim for plays such as Absolutely Perhaps and Six Characters in Search of an Author, winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1934. He died in Rome in 1936.