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The One-Act Plays: Of LUIGI PIRANDELLO
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781025876030
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Each play serves as a laboratory for the human condition, presenting characters caught in existential crises or social absurdities. From the haunting tension of The Man with the Flower in His Mouth to the biting irony of his shorter comedies, Pirandello's one-act works distill his grander theatrical themes into potent, concentrated narratives. The collection explores the discord between the masks individuals wear and their internal truths, a hallmark of his groundbreaking contribution to modernism.
Essential for students of world literature and lovers of avant-garde theatre, these plays remain as provocative and relevant today as when they were first performed. This volume provides an intimate look at the evolving style of a writer who forever changed the landscape of the stage.
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