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Frederick May

FREDERICK MAY  

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 But Its Not Serious         Cap And Bells         Henry Iv         Jar, The         Lazarus         Life That I Gave You, The         Liola         Man With The Flower In His Mouth, The         Man, Beast And Virtue         Right You Are! (If You Think So)         Six Characters In Search Of An Author         Unveiling, The

But Its Not Serious

Synopsis:
a change of life with the handsome lodger for shabby woman in boarding house

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Ma non e una cosa seria)

1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1956

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Cap And Bells

Synopsis:
jealous problems within a Sicilian family

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Il berretto A sonagli)

1st Produced:
Leeds    1956

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Henry 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

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Enrico IV)

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Three Plays" Penguin, London, 1962   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Jar, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Continental Plays" published by Heinemann, 1964   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Lazarus

Synopsis:
central figure of the mother as finally Diego is able to let his daughter live with her

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Lazzaeo)

1st Produced:
New York    1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Penguin, London, 1959   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  c3 extras

Further Reference:
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Life That I Gave You, The

Synopsis:
peasant woman finds a letter sent by her dead son which leads to her and the recipient lives being destroyed

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (La vita che ti diedi)

1st Produced:
Leeds    1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Three Plays" Penguin, London, 1959   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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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

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Liola)

1st Produced:
Leeds    1956

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Man With The Flower In His Mouth, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pirandello Society 1959   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Man, Beast And Virtue

Synopsis:
love for the mother of one his pupils causes problems for private tutor of great propriety

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (L'uomo, la bestia, e la virtu)

1st Produced:
Oxford    1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Right You Are! (If You Think So)

Synopsis:
bourgeois citizens in a mall town are concerned about the behaviour of incomers refugees from an earthquake

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Penguin, London, 1962   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ironic Psychological Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Six Characters In Search Of An Author

Synopsis:
the illusion of a rehearsal for a play is interrupted by the arrival of six people in search of an author

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Sei personaggiin cerca d'autore)

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  6            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Unveiling, The

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.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Rosso di San Secondo

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pirandello Society, Leeds, 1961   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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