TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL NOTE
ESSAYS
PIRANDELLO’S THEORIES OF COMEDY AND SHAKESPEARE’S CLOWN
Maurice Charney, pp. 7-16
TEMPEST AND MOUNTAIN GIANTS
Nina daVinci Nichols, pp. 16-25
THE FRUSTRATED QUEST FOR SYMBIOSIS IN PIRANDELLO
Rose Fichera McAloon pp. 25-34
ENRICO IV: PIRANDELLO’S CUBIST QUADRO
Rosanna Vitale, pp. 34-42
DEDICATION TO G.B. SHAW FROM PIRANDELLO
Courtesy, Dan H. Laurence and Eric Bentley, pp. 42-43
DEDICATION TO RUTH DRAPER FROM PIRANDELLO
Courtesy, Eric Bentley, pp. 44-45
SPECIAL REPORT; PIRANDELLO SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER (November 10, 1995)
THEATRE REVIEWS
HUGO WEISGALL’S OPERA OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Manhattan School of Music, pp. 55-56
OPERA REVIEW
“SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN OPERA”
Jon Messman, pp. 56-61
“THE PIRANDELLO SIX, SINGING BUT STILL DYSFUNCTIONAL”
Allan Kozinn, pp. 61-62
“WEISGALL’S NEGLECTED ‘SIX CHARACTERS’ FINDS NEW LIFE AT THE LYRIC”
John von Rhein, pp. 62-63
“OPERA: PIRANDELLO PLOT”
Howard Taubman, pp. 63
“WASHINGTON CRITICS HAIL WEISGALL WORK”
NY Times, pp. 63
“SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR”
Richard Franko Goldman, pp. 64-69
Photograph: SCENE FROM PREMIERE OF HUGO WEISGALL’S OPERA
NY Herald Tribune, pp. 69-70
“MUSIC: WEISGALL’S ‘SIX CHARACTERS’”
Howard Taubman, pp. 70-71
NEW BOOKS
Nina daVinci Nichols and Jana O’keefe Bazzoni. PIRANDELLO AND THE FILM.
Kathryn Wylie Marques, pp. 71-75
NOTICES, REPRINTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS
LETTER FROM GIORGIO STREHLER
Dir., Piccolo Teatro di Milano, pp. 75-76
“OMAGGIO A LUIGI PIRANDELLO”
Art Exhibit, Agrigento, pp. 76-77
“PIRANDELLO, DE FILIPPO AND FO IN BULGARIA”
Mario Fratti, pp. 77-78
“PIRANDELLO A NEW YORK”
America Oggi, pp. 78-79
JEAN COCTEAU REPERTORY’S PRODUCTION OF SIX CHARACTERS
QUEENS COLLEGE PRODUCTION OF SIX CHARACTERS
New York Voice, p. 80