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Modern Italy
Journal of Modern Italian Studies
RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI
Anno XVII , n° 2, Dicembre 1999 ( Contributi ) pag. 99-109
ENRICO IV:
THE PERFECT THEATRICAL MACHINE
DONATO SANTERAMO
Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario
Pirandello's Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore deals directly with the problems relating to the mise en scène, as it unfolds entirely on a stage. Yet, one must note that the play which immediately follows his Sei personaggi1, Enrico IV, can also be considered a metaphor of the theatrical event. Written in 1921, only a few months after he completed the first version of Sei Personaggi in cerca d'autore2, Enrico IV was staged for the first time in 19223. The title of the play itself presents some anomalies within the body of Pirandello's work. Most important is Pirandello's utilization of the term "tragedy", which is used for the first time in any of the titles of his plays: it reads, Enrico IV, tragedia in tre atti4. [...]
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