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A review by msjoanna
Naked Masks: Five Plays by Luigi Pirandello, Eric Bentley
5.0
Probably more like 4.5 stars. The first four plays ("Liolà€"; "It is so! (If you think so)"; "Henry IV"; and "Six characters in search of an author") were stronger than the final one ("Each in his own way").
Pirandello does a nice job of toying with the question of what constitutes reality and what is mere social construction or societal opinion. I particularly enjoyed Henry IV for the self-aware madness of a protagonist who believes he is Henry IV, but knows he isn't, but pretends he doesn't know.
I should read more plays.
Pirandello does a nice job of toying with the question of what constitutes reality and what is mere social construction or societal opinion. I particularly enjoyed Henry IV for the self-aware madness of a protagonist who believes he is Henry IV, but knows he isn't, but pretends he doesn't know.
I should read more plays.