Luigi Pirandello
(1867 - 1936)
Born Agrigento June 28, 1867: Died Rome, December 10, 1936
Stage Works
The name of the producing company appears in parentheses after that of the theatre.
- La morsa (The Vice). Drama, 1 act. Written 1898. Published as L'epilogo, 1898. Produced Rome, Teatro Metastasio (Teatro Minimo), December 9, 1910.
- Se non rosi, o La ragione degli altri (It Not So, or Other People's Reasons). Drama, 3 acts. Written 1899. Published 1916. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni (Stabile Milanese), April 19, 1915.
- Scamandro (Scamander). Play. Published 1909. Produced Florence, Teatro dell'Accademia dei Fidenti (Gruppo Accademico), February 19, 1928.
- Lumíe di Sicilia (Sicilian Limes). Comedy, 1 act. Written 1910. Published 1911. Produced Rome, Teatro Metastasio (Teatro Minimo), December 9, 1910.
- Il dovere del medico (The Doctor's Duty).Play, 1 act. Written 1913. Produced Rome, Sala Umberto I (Teatro per Tutti), June 20, 1913.
- Cecè (Chee-Chee). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1913. Produced San Pellegrino, Teatro del Casino (Falconi), July 10, 1920.
- Pensaci, Giacomino! (Think It Over, Giacomino!). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced Rome, Teatro Nazionale (Musco), in Sicilian dialect, July 10, 1916.
- All'uscita (At the Gate). Secular mystery, 1 act. Published 1916. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Picasso), September 29, 1922.
- Liolà . Country comedy, 3 acts. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Musco), in Sicilian dialect, November 4, 1916.
- Così è (se vi pare) (Right You Are - If You Think You Are). Parable, 3 acts. Written 1917. Published 1918. Produced Milan, Teatro Olimpia (Tallì), June 18, 1917.
- Il berretto a sonagli (Cap and Bells). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1917. Published 1920. Produced Rome, Teatro Nazionale (Musco), in Sicilian dialect, June 27, 1917.
- La giara (The Jar). Comedy, l act. Written 1917. Published 1925. Produced Rome, Teatro Nazionale (Musco), in Sicilian dialect as A Giarra, July 9, 1917.
- Il piacere dell'onesta (The Pleasure of Honesty). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1917. Published 1918. Produced Turin, Teatro Carignano (Ruggeri), November 27, 1917.
- Ma non è una cosa seria (But It Is Not a Serious Affair). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1919. Produced Leghorn, Teatro Rossini (Gramatica), November 22, 1918.
- Il giuoco delle parti (The Rules of The Game). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1919, Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Ruggeri), December 6, 1918.
- La patente (The License). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1918. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Teatro Mediterraneo), in Sicilian dialect as A Patenti, February 19, 1919.
- L'innesto (Grafting). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1919. Published 1921. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni (Tallì), January 29, 1919.
- L'uomo, la bestia, e la virtù (Man, Beast, and Virtue). Apologue, 3 acts. Published 1919. Produced Milan, Teatro Olimpia (Gandusie), May 1919.
- Tutto per bene (All for the Best). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1920. Published 1920. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Ruggeri), March 2, 1920.
- Come prima, meglio di prima (As Well as Before, Better than Before). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1920. Published 1921. Produced Venice, Teatro Goldoni (Ferrero-Celli-Paoli), March 24, 1920.
- La signora Morli, una e due (Mrs. Morli, One and Two). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1922. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Gramatica), November 12, 1920.
- Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore (Six Characters in Search of an Author). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1921. Published 1921. Produced Rome, Teatro Valle (Niccodemi), May 10, 1921.
- Enrico IV (Henry IV). Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1922. Published 1922. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni (Ruggeri), February 24, 1922.
- L'imbecille (The Imbecile). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1926. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Somali), October 10, 1922.
- Vestire gli ignudi (Naked; To Clothe the Naked). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1923. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Melato), November 14, 1922.
- L'uomo del fiore in bocca (The Man with the Flower in His Mouth). Dialogue, 1 act. Published 1926. Produced Rome, Teatro degli Indipendenti (Indipendenti), February 21, 1923.
- La vita che ti diedi (The Life I Gave You). Tragedy, 3 acts. Published 1924. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Borelli), October 12, 1923.
- L'altro figlio (The Other Son). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1925. Produced Rome, Teatro Nazionale (Niccoli), November 23, 1923.
- Ciascuno a suo modo (Each in His Own Way). Comedy, 2 acts. Published 1924. Produced Milan, Teatro dei Filodrammatici (Niccodemi), May 22, 1924.
- Sagra del Signore della nave (The Festival of Our Lord of the Ship). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1924. Produced Rome, Teatro Odesealchi (Teatro d'Arte), April 2, 1925.
- Diana e la Tuda (Diana and Tuda). Tragedy, 3 acts. Published 1927. Produced Zurich, Schauspielhaus, November 20, 1926; Milan, Teatro Eden (Pirandello), January 14, 1927.
- L'amica delle mogli (The Wives' Friend). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1927. Published 1927. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Pirandello), April 28, 1927.
- Bellavita. Drama, 1 act. Published 1928. Produced Milan, Teatro Eden (Almirante-Rissone-Tbfano), May 27, 1927.
- La nuova colonia (The New Colony). Myth, prologue and 3 acts. Written 1928. Published 1928. Produced Teatro Argentina (Pirandello), March 24, 1928.
- O di uno o di nessuno (Either of One or of No One). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1929. Produced Turin, Teatro di Torino (Almirante-Rissone Tòfano), November 4, 1929.
- Lazzaro (Lazarus). Myth, 3 acts. Written 1929. Published 1929. Produced Huddersfield, England, Theatre Royal, July 9, 1929; Turin, Teatro di Torino (Abba), December 7, 1929.
- Sogno (ma forse no) (I'm Dreaming, But Am I?). Play, 1 act. Published 1929. Produced Lisbon, Teatro National, September 22, 1931; Italian Radio, January 11, 1936.
- Come tu mi vuoi (As You Desire Me). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1930. Produced Milan, Teatro dei Filodrammatici (Abba), February 18, 1930.
- Questa sera si recita a soggetto (Tonight We Improvise). Drama, 2 acts. Published 1930. Produced Konigsberg, Neues Schauspielhaus, January 25, 1930; Turin, Teatro di Torino, April 14, 1930.
- Trovarsi (To Find Oneself). Play, 3 acts. Published 1932. Produced Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini (Abba), November 4, 1932.
- Quando si è qualcuno (When Someone Is Somebody). Performance, 3 acts. Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Odeon, September 20, 1933; San Remo, Teatro del Casino Municipale (Abba), November 7, 1933.
- La favola del figlio cambiato (The Fable of the Changeling). Libretto, 3 acts. Published 1934. Produced Brunswick, Landtheater, January 13, 1934; Rome, Teatro Reale dell'Opera, March 24, 1934. Music: Gian Francesco Malipiero.
- Non si sa come (No One Knows How). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1935. Produced Prague, National Theatre, December 19, 1934; Rome, Teatro Argentina (Ruggeri), December 13, 1935.
- I giganti della montagna (The Mountain Giants). Myth, 3 acts. Published 1934. Produced Florence, Giardino di Boboli, June 5, 1937. Incomplete: last act missing.