THEATRICAL PIECE
 
I giganti della montagna

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:

Unfinished play which encapsulates many of the most important themes of Pirandello's work: an unsuccessful touring theatre company arrives at the Villa of the Scalognati. They are invited to perform their play (which is, again, a novella by Pirandello himself) in front of the mountain giants, a mythical and powerful community, but the play is interrupted just before this performance.

Genre(s):

Drama

First Performance Theatre:

Giardino di Boboli (Prato della Meridiana)

Theatre Location:

Firenze

Notes:

Unfinished play, staged after Pirandello's death

Author(s):

Luigi Pirandello

Director(s):

Renato Simoni

Actor(s):

Andreina Pagnani
Memo Benassi

First Performance Date :

05 Jun, 1937