Artefacts

I giganti della montagna

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:
Unfinished play which encapsulates many of the most important themes of Pirandello's work: an unsuccessful touring theatre company arrives at the Villa of the Scalognati. They are invited to perform their play (which is, again, a novella by Pirandello himself) in front of the mountain giants, a mythical and powerful community, but the play is interrupted just before this performance.

First Performance Date:
1937-06-05
Author:
> Luigi Pirandello
Director:
> Renato Simoni
Actor:
> Andreina Pagnani
Actor:
> Memo Benassi
First Performance Theatre:
> Giardino di Boboli (Prato della Meridiana)
Theatre Location:
> Florence
Genre:
> Drama

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