Each in His Own Way (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Luigi Pirandello
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Plot: Problem play
- Time of Work: The 1920’s
- Setting: Italy
- Principal Characters: Delia Morello, Michele Rocca, Doro Palegari, Francesco Savio, Diego Cinci, Amelia Moreno, Baron Nuti
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Values, Acting or actors, 1920’s, Reality, Truth, Personality, Existentialism, Drama or dramatists, Life, philosophy of, Italy or Italians
- Locales: Italy
The Play
The handbill that the audience receives upon entering the theater notes that the evening’s performance is based on a true tragedy: the suicide of La Vela, a young artist, whose fiancé, the noted actor Amelia Moreno, had betrayed him through an affair with Baron Nuti, a nobleman engaged to La Vela’s own sister. The handbill informs the audience that the number of acts to be performed cannot be stated specifically because of “unpleasant incidents” the management fears may arise during the evening.
The performance opens at the Palegari home, with the...
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