{"product_id":"naked-masks-isbn-9780452010826","title":"Naked Masks","description":"This special one-volume edition features five great plays by one of the most celebrated and fascinating dramatists of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Pirandello, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1934, was the playwright \u003ci\u003epar excellence\u003c\/i\u003e of the conflict between illusion and reality. His modern and sensationally original plays dramatize with force and eloquence the isolation of the individual from society and from himself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The editor, Eric Bentley, is an international theater authority. In addition to the Introduction and the biographical and bibliographical material in the Appendices, Mr. Bentley has prepared for this volume the first English translations of the play \u003ci\u003eLiolà\u003c\/i\u003e and Pirandello’s important “Preface” to \u003ci\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Included Plays:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiolà\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIt Is So! (If You Think So)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEach in His Own Way\u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eLiolà\u003cbr\u003eIt \u003ci\u003eIs\u003c\/i\u003e So! (If You Think So)\u003cbr\u003eHenry IV\u003cbr\u003ePremise\u003cbr\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003cbr\u003eEach in His Own Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I. Preface to Six Characters in Search of an Author\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II. Biographical and Cultural\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III. Theatrical and Bibliographical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuigi Pirandello\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1867. He studied at the Universities of Palermo, Rome, and Bonn, where he earned his doctorate in 1891. His first published work, \u003ci\u003eMal giocondo \u003c\/i\u003e(1889), was a collection of poems. It was followed by other volumes of poems, critical essays, novels, short stories, and over forty plays. Pirandello's first real success in the theatre came about in 1921 when \u003ci\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003c\/i\u003e was performed. \u003ci\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/i\u003e followed the next year and confirmed his position as a playwright. In the following years Pirandello travelled abroad extensively. He embarked on a career as a producer and in 1925 founded his Art Theatre in Rome. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934 and died in Rome in 1936.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e is a drama critic and translator. He received his BA at Oxford University and PhD at Yale University. In 2006, he received an Obie award for lifetime achievement.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304043172069,"sku":"NP9780452010826","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452010826.jpg?v=1767733439","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/naked-masks-isbn-9780452010826","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}