Absolutely Perhaps Contributor(s): Pirandello, Luigi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413773663 ISBN-13: 9780413773661 Publisher: Methuen Drama
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2003 Annotation: Written in 1917, Absolutely! {perhaps}-originally translated as "Right You Are If You Think You Are"-established Pirandello's reputation as Italy's foremost playwright.He went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. The play deals with the disputed identity of the elusive Signora Ponza and brilliantly dramatizes the uncertain divisions between illusion and reality. Absolutely! {perhaps} premiered at Wyndham's Theatre, London in May 2003. |
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BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General |
Dewey: 852.912 |
Series: Modern Plays |
Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.12" W x 7.84" L (0.14 lbs) 80 pages |
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Publisher Description: A brand new adaptation of Pirandello's first play. No one has ever seen Signor Ponza's wife and her mother, Signora Frola together. Also, the neighbours have become suspicious because Signora Ponza never leaves her home and start asking questions. Ponza claims that this wife is really his second wife, the first having died in an earthquake that destroyed all records. Meanwhile his wife only pretends to be Signora Frola's daughter to humour Signora Frola, who, he claims, is insane. Thoroughly bewildered, Agazzi demands to meet Ponza's wife, who arrives heavily veiled proclaiming herself as both the daughter of Signora Frola and the second wife of Signor Ponza. Absolutely! {Perhaps} is brilliant comedy on the elusive nature of identity and reality and, like all of Pirandello's work, shows truth as subjective and relative and drama itself a mystery.Absolutely! {Perhaps} is published to coincide with the production at London's Wyndham's theatre starring Joan Plowright and directed by Franco Zeffirelli. |
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