Composers and their stage works 

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.

  1. La morsa (The Vice). Drama, 1 act. Written 1898. Published as L'epilogo, 1898. Produced Rome, Teatro Metastasio (Teatro Minimo), December 9, 1910.
  2. 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.
  3. Scamandro (Scamander). Play. Published 1909. Produced Florence, Teatro dell'Accademia dei Fidenti (Gruppo Accademico), February 19, 1928.
  4. Lumíe di Sicilia (Sicilian Limes). Comedy, 1 act. Written 1910. Published 1911. Produced Rome, Teatro Metastasio (Teatro Minimo), December 9, 1910.
  5. Il dovere del medico (The Doctor's Duty).Play, 1 act. Written 1913. Produced Rome, Sala Umberto I (Teatro per Tutti), June 20, 1913.
  6. Cecè (Chee-Chee). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1913. Produced San Pellegrino, Teatro del Casino (Falconi), July 10, 1920.
  7. Pensaci, Giacomino! (Think It Over, Giacomino!). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced Rome, Teatro Nazionale (Musco), in Sicilian dialect, July 10, 1916.
  8. All'uscita (At the Gate). Secular mystery, 1 act. Published 1916. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Picasso), September 29, 1922.
  9. Liolà . Country comedy, 3 acts. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Musco), in Sicilian dialect, November 4, 1916.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Il piacere dell'onesta (The Pleasure of Honesty). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1917. Published 1918. Produced Turin, Teatro Carignano (Ruggeri), November 27, 1917.
  14. 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.
  15. Il giuoco delle parti (The Rules of The Game). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1919, Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Ruggeri), December 6, 1918.
  16. La patente (The License). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1918. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Teatro Mediterraneo), in Sicilian dialect as A Patenti, February 19, 1919.
  17. L'innesto (Grafting). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1919. Published 1921. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni (Tallì), January 29, 1919.
  18. L'uomo, la bestia, e la virtù (Man, Beast, and Virtue). Apologue, 3 acts. Published 1919. Produced Milan, Teatro Olimpia (Gandusie), May 1919.
  19. Tutto per bene (All for the Best). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1920. Published 1920. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Ruggeri), March 2, 1920.
  20. 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.
  21. La signora Morli, una e due (Mrs. Morli, One and Two). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1922. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Gramatica), November 12, 1920.
  22. 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.
  23. Enrico IV (Henry IV). Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1922. Published 1922. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni (Ruggeri), February 24, 1922.
  24. L'imbecille (The Imbecile). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1926. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Somali), October 10, 1922.
  25. Vestire gli ignudi (Naked; To Clothe the Naked). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1923. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Melato), November 14, 1922.
  26. 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.
  27. La vita che ti diedi (The Life I Gave You). Tragedy, 3 acts. Published 1924. Produced Rome, Teatro Quirino (Borelli), October 12, 1923.
  28. L'altro figlio (The Other Son). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1925. Produced Rome, Teatro Nazionale (Niccoli), November 23, 1923.
  29. Ciascuno a suo modo (Each in His Own Way). Comedy, 2 acts. Published 1924. Produced Milan, Teatro dei Filodrammatici (Niccodemi), May 22, 1924.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. L'amica delle mogli (The Wives' Friend). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1927. Published 1927. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina (Pirandello), April 28, 1927.
  33. Bellavita. Drama, 1 act. Published 1928. Produced Milan, Teatro Eden (Almirante-Rissone-Tbfano), May 27, 1927.
  34. La nuova colonia (The New Colony). Myth, prologue and 3 acts. Written 1928. Published 1928. Produced Teatro Argentina (Pirandello), March 24, 1928.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. Come tu mi vuoi (As You Desire Me). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1930. Produced Milan, Teatro dei Filodrammatici (Abba), February 18, 1930.
  39. 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.
  40. Trovarsi (To Find Oneself). Play, 3 acts. Published 1932. Produced Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini (Abba), November 4, 1932.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. I giganti della montagna (The Mountain Giants). Myth, 3 acts. Published 1934. Produced Florence, Giardino di Boboli, June 5, 1937. Incomplete: last act missing.