FREDERICK MAY
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Plays by Frederick May
But Its Not Serious |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1956 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Ma non e una cosa seria) | ||||
Synopsis: a change of life with the handsome lodger for shabby woman in boarding house | ||||
Cap And Bells |
| 1st Produced: | Leeds | 1956 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Il berretto a sonagli) | ||||
Synopsis: jealous problems within a Sicilian family | ||||
Henry IV |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays" Penguin, London | 1962 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Enrico IV) | ||||
Synopsis: a young aristocrat is convinced he is the Emperor Henry IV, despite best efforts he realises he is trapped in the role for the rest of his life | ||||
Jar, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Four Continental Plays" published by Heinemann | 1964 | ||
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| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Lazarus |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1963 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Penguin, London | 1959 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | c3 extras | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Lazzaeo) | ||||
Synopsis: central figure of the mother as finally Diego is able to let his daughter live with her | ||||
Life That I Gave You, The |
| 1st Produced: | Leeds | 1958 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays" Penguin, London | 1959 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (La vita che ti diedi) | ||||
Synopsis: peasant woman finds a letter sent by her dead son which leads to her and the recipient lives being destroyed | ||||
Liola |
| 1st Produced: | Leeds | 1956 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Liola) | ||||
Synopsis: Liola is a peasant who loves women, whenever his lovers give birth he takes them under his protection and gives them to his mother to bring up | ||||
Man, Beast and Virtue |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1957 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (L'uomo, la bestia, e la virtu) | ||||
Synopsis: love for the mother of one his pupils causes problems for private tutor of great propriety | ||||
Right You Are! (If You Think So) |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Penguin, London | 1962 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Ironic Psychological Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello | ||||
Synopsis: bourgeois citizens in a mall town are concerned about the behaviour of incomers refugees from an earthquake | ||||
Six Characters In Search Of An Author |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Sei personaggiin cerca d'autore) | ||||
Synopsis: the illusion of a rehearsal for a play is interrupted by the arrival of six people in search of an author | ||||
Unveiling, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Pirandello Society, Leeds | 1961 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Rosso di San Secondo | ||||
Synopsis: A statue to a famous dead writer has been unveiled in a park. His widow has been brought from the asylum that he had her committed to for the event. She escapes from the warders and talks to the statue. | ||||