Henry IV (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Luigi Pirandello
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1922
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, 1920’s, Mental illness, Obsession, Reality, Italy or Italians, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: Italy
Places Discussed
Henry’s throne room. Villa salon designed to look like the throne room of the historical Henry IV in Goslar, Germany. However, as the young “counsellors” of “Henry IV,” the mad hero of the play, reveal, this room is not always in Goslar but sometimes in numerous other places. Nevertheless, for Henry IV, it has been a real throne room, even though he has not in actuality left the villa for all the years of his madness. However, in the third act, it is, for everyone, merely a room in the villa, where Henry suggests in the story of the Irish priest that...
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