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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

  • Editors’ Note
    Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka

    ESSAYS

    “A CERTAIN ASPECT, A CERTAIN MEANING”: ON TWO ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF UNO, NESSUNO E CENTOMILA
    Alessio Aletta

    THE TRANSLATION AND RECEPTION OF PIRANDELLO IN CHINA: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS
    Qian Wu

    CHARACTERS IN SEARCH, AUTHORS NEARBY: SKETCHES FOR PROBATIONARY THEATER
    Juliet Guzzetta

    IN CONVERSATION

    REIMAGINING PIRANDELLO: MUSIC, TEXT, AND THE MAKING OF AN OPERA
    Roberto Scarcella Perino and Federica Anichini in conversation with Lisa Sarti

    ADAPTING SIX CHARACTERS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Neal Bell and Jonathan Cullen in conversation with Michael Subialka

    CREATIVE WORK

    TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE—ACT I. THE PREFACE AND THE PREMISE
    Nick Gabriel

    ENRICO IV, A MONOLOGUE
    Laura Caparrotti and Rocco Sisto

    BOOK REVIEWS

    ANOTHER PIRANDELLO: ON SEAN WILSEY’S TRANSLATION OF ONE, NONE, AND A HUNDRED GRAND AND CONTEMPORARY (MIS)UNDERSTANDINGS OF A MODERNIST CLASSIC
    Michael Subialka

    JAMIE MACKAY. THE INVENTION OF SICILY: A MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY. LONDON AND NEW YORK: VERSO, 2021.
    Pamela Ardizzone

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    MADNESS IN MUSIC: PIRANDELLO’S HENRY IV ON THE OPERATIC STAGE
    Lisa Sarti

    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. ADAPTED BY NEAL BELL AND DIRECTED BY JONATHAN CULLEN AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Evan Morgan

    CONTRIBUTORS

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Special Issue on “Pirandello and Alienation: Man, Modernity,Technology”

Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Guest Editors: Ana Ilievska and Andrea Sartori
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

  • Editors’ Note
    Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka

    Guest Editors’ Introduction
    Ana Ilievska and Andrea Sartori

    In Memoriam

    AGAINST ALL ODDS: THE LEGACY OF GIUSEPPE FAUSTINI (1949-2024)
    Giuseppe Bolognese

    REMEMBERING PROFESSOR UMBERTO MARIANI (1927-2024)
    Simona Wright

    ESSAYS

    ALIENATIO MENTIS, HUMOR, CONTEMPLATION. LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND THE POETICS OF DISINTEREST
    Davide Savio

    “IS THERE ANY LOGIC?”: GROUNDLESSNESS, THE POSSIBLE, AND EMPATHY IN LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S “THE TRAGEDY OF A CHARACTER” (1911)
    Andrea Sartori

    RE-TRACING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL: ON DEMOCRACY'S SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
    Nicholas Straehl

    IMAGINED ORDERS: LIMINAL AGENCY IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL
    John Mastrogianakos

    PIRANDELLIAN REFLECTIONS IN BLACK MIRROR
    Alessio Aletta

    WOMEN AND ALIENATION FROM NARRATIVE TO THEATER IN PIRANDELLO’S WORKS
    Daniela Bini

    MY BODY/MY MONSTER: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND TESTIMONY IN PIRANDELLO’S QUADERNI DI SERAFINO GUBBIO OPERATORE
    Amanda Recupero

    ALIENATED FROM NATURE: SULFUR EXTRACTION AND PIRANDELLO’S ENVIRONMENTAL SENSIBILITY
    Roberto Ferrini

    WORDS, SILENCE: SERAFINO YESTERDAY AND TODAY
    Antonio Sichera

    ALIENAZIONE IN I VECCHI E I GIOVANI BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander

    DRAMATURGIES

    PIRANDELLIAN DRAMATURGIES, FOURTH EDITION: NON-HUMAN ACTORS
    Stefano Boselli
    HOW COULD YOU?
    R. Johns
    MILAN AND AROUND THE WORLD IN SECONDS
    Joshua Piper

    LET’S GET IT OVER WITH
    Timothy Krause

    THE CHOICE
    Nick Gabriel

    BOOK & PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    [BOOK REVIEW] ROSA ERRICO. PIRANDELLO E HUSSERL: DALL’ESTETICA DELLA FANTASIA AL LINGUAGGIO [PIRANDELLO AND HUSSERL: FROM THE AESTHETICS OF FANTASY TO LANGUAGE]. PISA AND ROME: RUBBETTINO, 2022.
    Michael Subialka

    [PERFORMANCE REVIEW] STAGING SICILIAN HERITAGE: TARARÀ AND THE ART OF TRANSLATING PIRANDELLO FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCES
    Lisa Sarti
    [PERFORMANCE REVIEW] SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. ADAPTED BY NICK GABRIEL
    Daniela Bini[PERFORMANCE REVIEW] SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY NICK GABRIEL IN SAN DIEGO, CA.
    Antonio Iannotta

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

  • Editors’ Note
    Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka

    ESSAYS

    THE STEPDAUGHTER AS RAISONNEUSE: TOWARDS A FEMININE READING OF THE PIRANDELLIAN CHARACTER
    Annunziata Zevola

    LIVING SPONTANEOUSLY BY BEING ONE WITH THE WORLD: ZEN IN UNA GIORNATA, THE LAST VOLUME OF PIRANDELLO’S NOVELLE PER UN ANNO
    Enrico Vettore

    THE HUMOR OF RETROSPECTIVITY: DISSOLUTION AND RESISTANCE IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL AND ONE, NO ONE, AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
    Lorenzo Mecozzi

    METAFICTION AS THE EXPRESSION OF CRISIS: THE CASE OF LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO
    Francesca Magario

    THE “SIX CHARACTERS” OF GIUSEPPE FAVA’S DELIRIO (1980)
    Pierlorenzo Randazzo

    IN CONVERSATION

    GIVING A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS: THE FICTIONAL TRUTH OF MARIA ANTONIETTA PORTULANO
    Alessio Arena in conversation with Lisa Sarti

    ADAPTING PIRANDELLO’S THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL FOR THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN STAGE
    Will Eno in conversation with Michael Subialka

    CREATIVE WORK

    DEATH OF THE LATE MATTIE PASCAL, AN EXCERPT
    Will Eno

    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, AN ADAPTATION
    Nick Gabriel

    THE TRAP, AN ADAPTATION
    William Hugel

    DRAMATURGIES

    PIRANDELLIAN DRAMATURGIES, THIRD EDITION: COMIC AND GROTESQUE
    Stefano Boselli

    STEFANO IN LOVE
    Hal Gelb

    JOKE OF THE CENTURY
    Miles Anthony

    MEOLA
    Robert Brophy

    BOOK REVIEWS

    ELENA TARDONATO FALIERE. LUIGI PIRANDELLO. ROSARIO: LABORDE EDITOR, 2023.
    Jorge Jiménez Bellver

    MAN, BEAST, AND VIRTUE BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. TRANSLATED BY ALICE ROHE. EDITED BY GIUSEPPE BOLOGNESE. NEW YORK: BORDIGHERA PRESS, 2024.
    Michael Subialka

    PERFORMANCE REVIEW

    UNA VERDE VENA DI FOLLIA [A GREEN VEIN OF MADNESS] BY ALESSIO ARENA. DIRECTED BY EMANUELA GIORDANO IN PALERMO.
    Enrico Rosolino

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

  • Editors’ Note
    Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka

    TRIBUTES & IN MEMORIAM

    ENRICO BAZZONI, IN MEMORIAM
    Michael Subialka

    MARIO FRATTI, IN MEMORIAM
    Susan Tenneriello

    A TRIBUTE TO THE SERVICE OF JANA O’KEEFFE BAZZONI CO-PRESIDENT OF THE PIRANDELLO SOCIETY OF AMERICA FROM 2003-2022
    Mimi D’Aponte

    ESSAYS

    FROM “IL SIGNORINO” TO “TANINO E TANOTTO”: PIRANDELLO’S “DOUBLE” CONFLICT
    Ombretta Frau

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO MAKES HIS DEBUT IN PALERMO: THE FIRST TRACES OF NOVELLE PER UN ANNO IN HIS YOUTHFUL WORK (1884-1887)
    Maria Collevecchio

    THE LUCID MADNESS OF BELLUCA IN PIRANDELLO’S “THE TRAIN HAS WHISTLED”
    Carlo Di Lieto, translated by Bradford A. Masoni

    THE REPRESENTATION OF PAIN IN PIRANDELLO’S SHORT STORIES: TOWARDS AN ETHICS OF TRANSLATABILITY
    Marella Feltrin-Morris

    IN CONVERSATION: REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATIONS

    THE NEW VOICE
    Fabio Battista

    REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATING STORIES FOR A YEAR
    Maria Enrico

    REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATING LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S SHORT STORIES
    Emanuela Pecchioli and Alexander Bertland

    TRANSLATING ABSENCE AND PRESENCE: PIRANDELLO’S “LA BUON’ANIMA” (“THE DEARLY DEPARTED”)
    Caterina Agostini

    REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATING THE NOVELLE PER UN ANNO
    Steve Eaton

    CREATIVE WORK

    PIRANDELLIAN DRAMATURGIES, SECOND EDITION: SHORT STORIES TO DRAMA
    Stefano Boselli

    IF…
    Robert Brophy

    WEDDING NIGHT
    James Armstrong

    VILOMAH
    Elisabetta Bracer

    TO THE MOON AND BACK
    Joshua Piper

    PERFORMANCE REVIEW

    ENRICO IV ADAPTED BY MARIO GAZIANO AND DIRECTED BY MARIO SORBELLO IN AGRIGENTO
    Enza De Francisci

    BOOK REVIEWS

    ALL YOU NEED IS A FATHER. BY STEFANO PIRANDELLO. TRANSLATED BY ENZA DE FRANCISCI AND SUSAN BASSNETT. IMOLA: CUE PRESS, 2022.
    Bradford Masoni

    THE COAZZE NOTEBOOK. BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY LISA SARTI. NEW YORK: BORDIGHERA PRESS, 2022
    Ana Ilievska

    SCIVERE, OVVERO NASCERE A SÉ STESSO. SAGGIO SU LUIGI PIRANDELLO. [WRITING, OR BEING BORN TO ONESELF. AN ESSAY ON LUIGI PIRANDELLO.] BY DOMINIQUE BUDOR. PISA AND ROME: FABRIZIO SERRA, 2022.
    Michael Subialka

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

  • Editors’ Note
    Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka

    VISUAL WORK

    WE ARE ALL PUPPETS: MARIONETTES, HAND PUPPETS, MASKS, AND SHADOWS
    Martina Vanda

    THE LICENSE
    Francesco Manenti

    REVÈRSO
    Paola Renzetti

    CREATIVE WORK

    CADA LOCO
    Carlos Jerome

    MASKS
    Yasmine Beverly Rana

    GUN IN MOUTH
    Emilio Williams

    A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (NA BEDDA FIMMINA)
    Carmela Lombardo translated by Ruggero Bianchin

    CARMELA LOMBARDO’S NA BEDDA FIMMINA: NOTES TO THE TEXTS
    Ruggero Bianchin

    BOOK REVIEW

    MUSSOLINI’S THEATRE: FASCIST EXPERIMENTS IN ART AND POLITICS. PATRICIA GABORIK. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2021.
    John Welle

    PERFORMANCE REVIEW

    REVIEW OF ENRICO IV BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. PERFORMED BY THE ASSOCIAZIONE SICILIA TEATRO AT THE TEATRO DELLA PERGOLA, FLORENCE, ITALY.
    Lisa Sarti

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Special Issue on “Six Characters as World Literature”

Editors: Enza De Francisci, Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

Open Access: Pirandellian Dramaturgies

  • ESSAYS

    VERGA, DUSE, AND PIRANDELLO: WITHOUT AN AUTHOR
    Enza De Francisci

    SIX CHARACTERS DURING WORLD WAR I
    Pietro Frassica

    THE DIVIDED SELF IN SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR – IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921-2021)
    Carlo Di Lieto translated by Bradford A. Masoni

    THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN: SIX CHARACTERS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO DO A PLAY
    Patricia Gaborik

    FILM AND TRUTH: PIRANDELLO’S VISION OF SEI PERSONAGGI FOR THE SCREEN
    Michael Syrimis

    THE MISSING EPISODE IN TU RIDI AND SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Daniela Bini

    BUILDING A BOURGEOIS THEATRE WITH THE AID OF PIRANDELLO: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN ICELAND
    Magnus Thor Thorbergsson

    SHOW AND TELL FROM PIRANDELLO TO ALBEE: TRAUMA, THEATRICALITY, AND RECONFIGURING THE FOURTH WALL
    Laura A. Lucci

    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY
    Kyle Gillette

    IN CONVERSATION

    WHY SIX CHARACTERS MATTERS TODAY
    Rino Caputo, Roberto Cavosi, Marco Gambino, Bradford A. Masoni, Martina Marzi, and Sarah Zappulla Muscarà; translations by Catherine Charles, Enza De Francisci, and Michael Subialka

    REAL LIFE, FICTION, AND IMAGINATION: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LEGACY OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Annamaria Andreoli in conversation with Lisa Sarti

    TRANSLATIONS

    PIRANDELLO’S PROPOSITIONS. SIX CHARACTERS ON SCREEN – THE PLAYWRIGHT HIMSELF WILL PLAY THE PART OF THE AUTHOR IN THE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION (LA STAMPA, JUNE 20, 1933)
    Translated and with an introduction by Lisa Sarti

    CREATIVE WORK

    TWO CHARACTERS LOOKING FOR A STORY
    A short story written by Marcella Di Franco, translated by Enza De Francisci, Lisa Sarti, and Michael Subialka

    THE SON’S SIDE (THE TRUE STORY OF THE SIX CHARACTERS)
    A dramatic monologue written by Paolo Puppa, translated by Enza De Francisci, Lisa Sarti, and Michael Subialka

    THE ETERNAL MOMENT #3RR
    A one-act play by Diane Rao Harman
    (winner of the PSA Pirandellian Dramaturgies Competition, 2021)

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

  • FRONTMATTER

    IT’S ALL RELATIVE: MODERNISM AND SCIENCE, NOTES FROM THE SEATTLE MLA
    Julianne VanWagenen, pp. 12-20

    AN AIR OF UNCERTAINTY: NOTES FROM THE BOSTON NeMLA
    Lisa Sarti, pp. 21-26

    ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO AND US
    Antonio Sichera, pp. 28-43

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO: “THE ARTIST OF LIFE”
    Samantha Costanzo Burrier, pp. 44-62

    ROBERT MUSIL’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SCIENCES
    Samuel Heidepriem, pp. 63-89

    IN CONVERSATION

    PIRANDELLO AS A PROTO-MODERNIST NARRATION
    Bradford A. Masoni in conversation with Lisa Sarti, pp. 92-106

    THE FUTURE OF PIRANDELLO: ON THE NEW DIGITAL EDITION OF PIRANDELLO’S OPERA OMNIA
    Antonio Sichera and Antonio Di Silvestro in conversation with Michael Subialka, pp. 107-116

    TRANSLATIONS

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO (Λουίτζι Πιραντέλλο), BY KOSTAS OURANIS
    Translated by Mara Theodoritsi, pp. 118-122

    THE FUMES (IL FUMO), BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Translated by Steven Eaton, pp. 123-160

    PAPER WORLD (MONDO DI CARTA), BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Translated by Marella Feltrin-Morris, pp. 161-168

    FAITH (LA FEDE), BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Translated by Marella Feltrin-Morris, pp. 169-176

    CREATIVE WORK

    YOUR LADIES, MR. PIRANDELLO
    Written by Luciana Grifi, translated by Daniela Bini, pp. 178-201

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Alessandra Sorrentino and Michael Rössner, eds. PIRANDELLO: NARRAZIONE-MEMORIA-IDENTITÀ. Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, New York, Wien: Peter Lang, 2019.
    Ana Ilievska, pp. 211-214

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

  • FRONT MATTER

    IN MEMORIAM: GEORGE HOCHFIELD
    Remembered by Eileen Gardiner, pp. 15-16

    IN CONVERSATION

    PIRANDELLO AND TRANSLATION: A CONVERSATION ACROSS THE FIELD
    Jacob Blakesley, Julie Dashwood, Enza De Francisci, Joe Farrell, Jane House, Jennifer Lorch, Michael Rössner, Elisa Segnini, Alessandra Sorrentino, Mary Ann Frese Witt, and Martha Witt in conversation with Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka, pp. 19-51

    DISSOLVING IDENTITY, AGAIN: THE RE-PUBLICATION OF PIRANDELLO’S ONE, NO ONE, AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
    Eva Richter in conversation with Michael Subialka, pp. 53-59

    DEVISING PIRANDELLO: AN INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER JEWELL AND PATRICK MULRYAN
    Jennifer Jewell and Patrick Mulryan in conversation with Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 61-81

    TRANSLATIONS

    HELLAS AND PIRANDELLO (Ελλάς και Πιραντέλλο), BY KOSTA OURANIS
    Translated by Mara Theodoritsi, pp. 83-87

    WEDDING NIGHT (PRIMA NOTTE), BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Translated by Steve Eaton, pp. 89-97

    INTERVIEWS WITH CHARACTERS (COLLOQUII COI PERSONAGGI), BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Translated by Steve Eaton, pp. 99-113

    CREATIVE WORK

    JENNY AND LUIGI: ALMOST FACE TO FACE
    Franco Sepe translated by Daniela Bini, pp. 115-129

    PERFORMANCE REVIEW

    PIRANDELLO IN NEW YORK: “RAISON D’ÊTRE: AN EVENING OF PIRANDELLO”
    John Di Gaetani, pp. 131-132

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Marta Fumi. “SENZA L’AMORE NON SARIA MONDO IL MONDO”: NUOVA EDIZIONE DELLE ELEGIE ROMANE DI GOETHE NELLA TRADUZIONE DI LUIGI PIRANDELLO, CON TESTO TEDESCO A FRONTE E COMMENTO. Milan: EDUCatt, 2017.
    Anna Klaß , pp. 135-139

    Enza De Francisci, A ‘NEW’ WOMAN IN VERGA AND PIRANDELLO. FROM PAGE TO STAGE. Oxford: Legenda, 2018.‍ ‍
    Patricia Gaborik , pp. 141-144

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

  • ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO AND SATIRE: THE IMAGINARY JOURNEY OF FOUR AUTHORS IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER ACCORDING TO CHARLES KENNETH SCOTT MONCRIEFF (1899-1930)
    Stefano Giannini, pp. 11-26

    PIRANDELLO POST-TRUTH: HUMOR AND RESISTANCE
    Laura Lucci, pp. 29-51

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO AS MASTER PEDRO IN HIS THEATER OF PUPPETS: A PIRANDELLIAN READING OF MIGUEL DE CERVANTES’S MASTER PEDRO EPISODE
    Mara Theodoritsi, pp. 53-77

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    GIANTS IN THE WINDY CITY
    Ana Ilievska, pp. 79-86

    A NOBEL EXPERIMENT
    Mimi D’Aponte, pp. 89-91

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Luigi Pirandello. HENRY IV.Translated by Martha Witt and Mary Anne Frese Witt. New York: Italica Press, 2016. pp. xxii + 92. $35 hardback / $20 paperback.
    Mira Felner, pp. 93-95

    SELECTED POEMS OF LUIGI PIRANDELLO.Translated by George Hochfield. New York: Italica Press, 2016. pp. 239. $30.
    John Louis Di Gaetani, pp. 97-98

    Giuseppe Faustini. LUIGI PIRANDELLO: STUDI E RICERCHE.Fano, Italy: Metauro, 2017. pp. 252. €28.
    Stefano Boselli, pp. 101-103

    CREATIVE WORK

    LIMES FROM SICILY
    Sharon Portnoff, pp. 105-106

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Editors: Susan Tenneriello and Michael Subialka
Managing Editor: Lisa Tagliaferri

  • ESSAYS

    APPROXIMATION OF NIRVANA: FROM INTELLECTUAL SPECULATION TO ZEN NON-PHILOSOPHY IN PIRANDELLO’S UNO NESSUNO E CENTOMILA
    Enrico Vettore, pp. 13-29

    THE BIRTH OF PIRANDELLO’S TRAGEDY: NIETZSCHE IN THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS
    Francesca Facchi, pp. 31-55

    IN CONVERSATION

    DACIA MARAINI ON LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Dacia Maraini in conversation with Lisa Sarti, pp. 57-64

    “I’M AS OBSCURE AS PIRANDELLO IS FAMOUS”: AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT HOWARD COLYER
    Howard Colyer in conversation with Lisa Tagliaferri and Michael Subialka, pp. 67-71

    ADAPTING PIRANDELLO: ADAM SIEGEL, TRANSLATOR AND ADAPTOR OF LA PATENTE FOR THE ART THEATRE OF DAVIS, MAY 2016
    Adam Siegel in conversation with Michael Subialka, pp. 173-79

    A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR GABRIELE LAVIA: A PIRANDELLO TRILOGY FOR A WORLD WITHOUT TRAGEDY
    Gabriele Lavia in conversation with Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 81-96

    PERFORMANCE REVIEW

    WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE: A PIRANDELLIAN ADAPTATION ACROSS TIME AND GENDER
    Stefano Boselli, pp. 99-101

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Alberto Godioli. LAUGHTER FROM REALISM TO MODERNISM: MISFITS AND HUMORISTS IN PIRANDELLO, SVEVO, PALAZZESCHI AND GADDA.Oxford, Legenda, 2015.
    Roberto Bonci, pp. 103-106

    Dario Tomasello. EDUARDO E PIRANDELLO: UNA QUESTIONE “FAMILIARE” NELLA DRAMMATURGIA ITALIANA. Rome: Carocci Editore, 2014.
    Laura Lucci, pp. 109-115

    CREATIVE WORK

    BEST LAID PLANS (Winner of the PSA prize for original one-act play)
    Judd Lear Silverman, pp. 117-154

    WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE
    Adam Esquenazi Douglas, pp. 157-166

    THE MAN WITH THE FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH: A CREATIVE ADAPTATION FOR THE CLASSROOM
    Paola Basile, pp. 169-185

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Editor: Michael Subialka
Managing Editor: Lisa Tagliaferri

  • ESSAYS

    ENCOUNTERS AND BLIND SPOTS: PIRANDELLO, EVREINOV, AND BRECHT
    Elisa Segnini, pp. 11-36

    TRANSFORMING IDENTITY: SELF AND PERSONA IN LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S IL FU MATTIA PASCAL
    Sylvia Hakopian, pp. 39-66

    THE CRISIS OF SIGNS AND REPRESENTATION IN LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S TRILOGY
    Agnès Dengreville, pp. 69-93

    A BAT TIMES TWO: IL PIPISTRELLO, LUIGI AND STEFANO PIRANDELLO’S CINEMATIC PROJECT, FROM STAGE TO URBAN SCENE
    Marialaura Simeone, pp. 95-114

    PERFORMANCE NOTE AND EXHIBITION REVIEW

    DIRECTOR’S NOTE: STAGING ‘MIRROR-STRUCTURES’ IN SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Anna Gordon, pp. 117-129

    DOUBT AND DISTANCING FROM FRAMES TO SHAPES: FAUSTO PIRANDELLO’S ECLECTIC PAINTINGS EXHIBITED IN LONDON (ESTORICK COLLECTION, JULY 8 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2015)
    Matthew Mild, pp. 131-133

    BOOK REVIEW

    Carlo Di Lieto. LUIGI PIRANDELLO PITTORE. Venice: Marsilio, 2012.
    Lisa Sarti, pp. 135-139

    CREATIVE WORK

    DIALOGO IMMAGINARIO TRA LUIGI PIRANDELLO E IL FIGLIO FAUSTO / IMAGINARY DIALOGUE BETWEEN LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND HIS SON FAUSTO
    Luciana Grifi, translated by Daniela Bini, pp. 140-162

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Editor: Michael Subialka
Managing Editor: Lisa Tagliaferri

  • ESSAYS

    “CONTINENTAL AIR”: PERFORMING IDENTITY IN “LEONORA, ADDIO!”, L’ARIA DEL CONTINENTE, AND QUESTA SERA SI RECITA A SOGGETTO
    Elisa Segnini, pp. 13-43

    LA CANZONE DELL’AMORE: ADAPTING PIRANDELLO TO FASCISCT PROPAGANDA
    Paolo Campolonghi, pp. 45-61

    SCRIPTING “IL CIELO DI CARTA”: THE MEN BEHIND THE CURTAIN IN PAOLO AND VITTORIO TAVIANI’S CESARE DEVE MORIRE
    Alessia Palanti, pp. 83-99

    PIRANDELLO’S HUMOR AND THE INTERSECTIONS OF TRANSLATION AND DRAMATURGY
    Laura A. Lucci, pp. 83-99

    IN CONVERSATION

    PIRANDELLO’S UNREALIZED FILM, TREATMENT FOR SIX CHARACTERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH FILM DIRECTOR AND ARTIST ANNE-MARIE CREAMER
    Anne-Marie Creamer in conversation with Lesley G. Sullivan, pp. 101-115

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE in Providence, Translated and Directed by Rebecca Maxfield
    Anna Santucci, pp. 117-122

    REALITY THEATER, STAGING FILM IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME’S SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Thomas Graff, pp. 125-128

    SIX CHARACTERS in Brooklyn
    Suzanne Epstein, pp. 161-168

    MATTIA PASCAL: THE MAN WHO LIVED – A MULTI-VOCAL EXPLORATION OF PIRANDELLO’S ANTI-NOVEL
    Krysta Dennis, pp. 135-139

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Alessandra Sorrentino. LUIGI PIRANDELLO E L’ALTRO. UNA LETTURA CRITICA POSTCOLONIALE. Rome: Carocci Editore, 2013.
    Lisa Sarti, pp. 141-145

    Michael Rössner and Alessandra Sorrentino, eds. PIRANDELLO E LA TRADUZIONE CULTURALE. Rome: Carocci Editore, 2012.
    Michael Subialka pp. 147-150

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  • ESSAYS

    ANTHROPOLOGY ON SCREEN: LUIGI PIRANDELLO, VIRGINIA WOOLF
    Nicoletta Pireddu, pp. 13-31

    A DIFFERENT LEONE: FROM MEMMO TO LEONE
    Enza De Francisci, pp. 33-48

    SISTER ARGUMENTS: PIRANDELLO’S “SHOOT!” AND THE BIRTH OF FILM
    Joseph Luzzi, pp. 51-69

    PIRANDELLO’S MOTHER: FEMININE PERCEPTION AND DOUBLE VISION
    Michael Subialka, pp. 71-95

    A CONVERSATION WITH MY MOTHER, BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Translated by Miriam Aloisio and Michael Subialka, pp. 97-107

    PIRANDELLO AND LIOLÀ: SON OF CHAOS
    Tanya Ronder, pp. 109-113

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    LIOLÀ at the National Theatre, London
    Jane House, pp. 115-120

    S16 – LUNA NERA by Pioneers Go East Collective
    Artistic Director, Gian Marco Lo Forte in conversation with Stefano Boselli, pp. 123-129

    A GIANT SUCCESS: A STAGED READING OF THEGIANTS OF THE MOUNTAINS (The Gallery, Theaterlab, NYC, October 15, 2013)
    Samantha Costanzo Burrier, pp. 131-137

    (Un)–JUST LIKE THAT–Pirandello’s Brush with America’s Scalding Pot
    Carlo Giuliano, pp. 139-144

    BOOK REVIEW

    Umberto Mariani. LA DONNA IN PIRANDELLO. L’ESTREMA VITTIMA. Caltanissetta-Roma: Salvatore Sciascia Editore, 2012.
    Chiara Mariani, pp. 147-150

    PLAY SCRIPT

    HOMELAND SECURITY
    Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, pp. 153-165

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  • ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO: A WORK IN PROGRESS
    Bonnie Marranca, pp. 9-34

    ADOLF LANTZ AND SAUL C. COLIN: PIRANDELLO’S COLLABORATORS FOR A FILM VERSION OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp.37-48

    THE PROLOGUE TO A SCREEN ADAPTATION OF SIX CHARACTERS
    Translated by Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 51-54

    PIRANDELLO IN ONE ACT: A FESTIVAL AT THE PLAYERS
    Marie Bridget Dundon, Julia Goldstein, Hillary Miller, pp. 57-69

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    SIX CHARACTERS, ALIVE ON THE CHICAGO STAGE
    Michael Subialka, pp. 71-75

    DANCING PIRANDELLO: DAVID GORDON’S BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE …
    Susan Tenneriello, pp. 77-81

    BOOK REVIEW

    Luigi Pirandello. Pirandello’s Theatre of Living Masks: New Translations of Six Major Plays. Translated by Umberto Mariani and Alice Gladstone Mariani. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.
    Stefano Boselli, pp. 83-88

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  • ESSAYS

    VITAL THEATER: PIRANDELLO, MARINETTI, AND LEBENPHILOSOPHIE
    Michael Subialka, pp. 11-41

    PIRANDELLO, THEOSOPHY AND THE TANTALUS SYNDROME
    Samantha Costanzo, pp. 43-69

    GARIBALD IN SICILY IN PIRANDELLO’S L’ESCLUSA
    Nadine Wassef, pp. 71-85

    PERFORMANCE REVIEW

    HENRY IV, Classic Stage Company, November 2009
    Meghan Duffy, pp. 87-88

    STAGING HER MAESTRO’S ECHO: AN EVENING WITH PIETRO FRASSICA’S LATEST BOOK
    Lisa Sarti, pp. 89-91

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Pietro Frassica. HER MAESTRO’S ECHO: PIRANDELLO AND THE ACTRESS WHO CONQUERED BROADWAY IN ONE EVENING.
    Jane House, pp. 93-95

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  • FRONT MATTER

    IN MEMORIAM: NICHOLAS JOHN STATHIS AND SHUYLER CHAPIN
    p. 8

    ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO’S L’UMORISMO, PART I: “THE WORD HUMOR”
    Translated by Antonio Illiano, pp. 11-19

    PIRANDELLO AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE CREATED TEXT
    Umberto Mariani, pp. 21-29

    PIRANDELLIAN SPECTERS IN CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, INTERACTIVE MEDIA, AND PERFORMANCE
    Susan Tenneriello, pp. 31-40

    PIRANDELLISM AND SOCIAL SATIRE IN FERRETTI’S FARSA DE LAS FARSAS
    James Troiano, PP. 43-54

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    THE PIRANDELLO EFFECT
    Janice Capuana, pp. 57-58

    THE WORKMANLIKE READING OF PIRANDELLO’S RIGHT YOU ARE! (IF YOU THINK YOU ARE)
    Frank Rosengarten, pp. 61-63

    MARTA ABBA AND PIRANDELLO
    Kathryn Wylie-Marques, pp. 65-69

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Umberto Mariani. LIVING MASKS. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PIRANDELLO.
    Stefano Giannini,     pp. 71-73

    John Louis DiGaetani. STAGES OF STRUGGLE.
    Elizabeth Coen, pp. 75-78

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  • ESSAYS

    HOW FORM AND CONTENT CONTAIN LAUGHTER
    Florin Berindeanu, pp. 9-16

    THE ETHICAL ESSENCE OF “UMORISMO”
    Umberto Mariani, pp. 19-28

    L’UMORISMO AND FEMALE PORTRAITS: BETWEEN THEORY AND FICTION
    Paola Casella, pp. 31-43

    THE HUMORISTIC LENS IN PIRANDELLO’S SI GIRA
    Michael Syrimis,     pp. 45-63

    ON HUMOR STRATEGIES IN IT IS SO! (IF YOU THINK SO)
    Lidia Ciccone,     pp. 65-75

    COMPLEXITIES OF THE MASK, ENRICO IV AND J. ALFRED PRUFROCK
    James Nikopoulos,     pp. 77-93

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    SIX CHARACTERS LOST IN A REWRITE
    Kurt Taroff, pp. 95-100

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Franco Zangrilli. PIRANDELLO: PRESENZA VARIA E PERENNE.
    Stefano Giannini, pp. 103-105

    HISTORY OF ITALIAN THEATRE. Cambridge University Press.
    Marvin Carlson, pp. 107-109

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    ESSAYS

    THE MISPLACED I: IL FIT MATTIA PASCAL AND THE SPECTRALITY OF IDENTITY
    Andrew Martino, pp. 7-17

    IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATION OF THE SELF IN PIRANDELLO
    Umberto Mariani, pp. 19-27

    PARALLEL ELEMENTS OF MODERNITY IN LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND JOSEPH CONRAD
    Valerie Petrocchi, pp. 29-42

    PIRANDELLISM IN FIDEL A, A GROTESQUE FARCE BY AURELIO FERRITTI
    James Troiano, pp. 45-52

    INTERVIEW WITH JOHN TURTURRO
    Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, pp. 55-77

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    SIX CHARACTERS AT HOFSTRA
    John Luis DiGaetani, pp. 79-81

    TWO AT THEATRE STUDIO: PIRANDELLO’S THE MAN WITH A FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH AND LUCA ROSSETTI’S HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BEST
    Susan Tenneriello, pp. 83-85

    KAOS, NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
    Jane House, pp. 87-89

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Jennifer Lorch. PIRANDELLO: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 91-192

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP FORM

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY HISTORY

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    ESSAYS

    THE POWER OF ROLE AND THE ROLE OF POWER IN PIRANDELLO’S THEATRE
    David Escoffery, pp. 7-22

    BROKEN DOLLS AND HANGING PUPPETS: PIRANDELLO’S GROTESQUE BODIES
    Marella Feltrilli-Morris, pp. 23-38

    THE GROTESQUE IN THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR AND HENRY IV
    Valerie Petrocchi, pp. 39-54

    HIDDEN SENTIMENTS, UNFINISHED PROJECT: PIRANDELLO, FILM, AND LA NUOVA COLONIA
    Stefano Giannini, pp. 55-70

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    CECE. K STAGED READING AT THE PLAYERS CLUB
    Jane House, pp. 71-76

    HENRY IV AT THE ST. LOUIS REPERTORY THEATRE
    Lynn Colley, pp. 77-82

    AS YOU DESIRE ME IN LONDON
    John Louis DiGaetani, pp. 83-84

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Sarah Zappulla Muscara Catania. LUIGI E STAFANO PIRANDELLO, NEL TEMPO DELLA LONTANANZA (1919-1939).
    Maria Vitti-Alexander, pp. 85-88

    Elio Previdenti. COLLOQUI CON PIRANDELLO.
    Giuseppe Faustini, pp. 89-95

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP FORM

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY HISTORY

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    ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO’S DOUBLE VISION(S)
    Rosemarie La Valva, pp. 7-26

    MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES: REFLEXIVITY AND LEVELS OF BEING IN PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Kurt Taroff, pp. 27-36

    A MADMAN IN THE MIRROR: PIRANDELLO’S DOUBLES IN ONE, NO ONE, AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
    Marella Feltrin-Morris, pp. 37-47

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S TWO AMERICAN SOJOURNS: RECEPTION AND REPRESENTATION OF AMERICA
    Giuseppe Faustini, pp. 47-61

    PHOTO ESSAY: PIRANDELLO IN AMERICA I

    PIRANDELLO’S INFLUENCE ON TWO OF ARGENTINA’S FOREMOST AUTHORS
    James Troiano, pp. 71-81

    MARTA ABBA, LUIGI PIRANDELLO, AND THE CLEVELAND CONNECTION
    Alfonso D’Emilia, pp. 81-85

    PHOTO ESSAY: PIRANDELLO IN AMERICA II

    PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

    INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MARTELLO: THE MAN WITH A FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH
    Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, pp. 91-76

    PIRANDELLIANISM ON BROADWAY
    Roger W. Oliver, pp. 99-103

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP FORM

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY HISTORY

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    IL FU MATTIA PASCAL: BIBLIOTECA-MUSEO LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Vincenzo Caruso, pp. 5-10

    MEMORIAL TONE IN IL FU MATTIA PASCAL
    Enzo Lauretta, pp. 11-16

    THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF A MASTERFUL NOVEL
    Umberto Mariani, pp. 17-30

    THE EMBODIMENT OF UMORISMO IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL
    Carmela Scala, pp. 31-42

    THE ORDER OF WRITING AND DEATH IN PIRANDELLO’S IL FU MATTIA PASCAL
    Massimo Lollini, pp. 43-56

    PHOTO ESSAY: PUBLICATION OF IL FU MATTIA PASCAL

    FIN DE SIECLE OCCULTISM IN IL FU MATTIA PASCAL
    Daniela Castelli, pp. 73-90

    WHY IL FU MATTIA PASCAL: A QUESTION FOR MARIO MONICELLI
    Daniela Bini, pp. 91-106

    THE POSTERITY OF IL FU MATTIA PASCAL: IMAGES OF THE DIVIDED SELF IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
    Dominique Budor, pp. 107-114

    MATTIA PASCAL, FILM’S CONTEMPORARY: PIRANDELLO’S FAMOUS NOVEL MARKS A CENTURY
    Alessandro Tinterri, pp. 115-119

    PHOTO ESSAY: MATTIA PASCAL ON FILM AND STAGE

    IL FU MATTIA PASCAL CENTENNIAL PROGRAM EVENTS: Genoa, Rome, New York, Princeton, Agrigento

    BOOK AND THEATRE REVIEWS

    Dominique Budor. MATTIA PASCAL TRA PAROLA E IMMAGINE. DAL ROMANZO DI PIRANDELLO A DYLAN DOG.
    Daniela Bini, pp. 139-142

    Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte. THEATER NEAPOLITAN STYLE: FIVE ONE-ACT PLAYS BY EDUARDO DE FILIPPO.
    Jane House, pp. 143-146

    Eric Bentley. PIRANDELLO’S RIGHT YOU ARE.
    John Louis DiGaetani, pp. 147

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    ESSAYS

    ON THE ALLEGED MISOGYNY OF LUIGI PIRANDELLO
    Umberto Mariani, pp. 7-24

    PIRANDELLO’S THE NEW COLONY. ITS VARIOUS FORMS AND MARTA ABBA
    Giovanni R. Bussino, pp. 25-34

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S GREEK HEROINES: DIANA AND TUDA
    Angela Belli, pp. 35-42

    WATCHERS, PUPPET MASTERS AND TESTIFIERS: THE IO EPICO CHARACTER IN PIRANDELLO, MARINETTI AND / GROTESCHI
    Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 43-58

    PIRANDELLIAN INFLUENCES IN JOAO PEDRO DE ANDRADE’S CONTINUANDO DA COMEDIA
    Kathryn Wylie-Marques, pp. 59-70

    SPECIAL SECTION: PIRANDELLO’S WHY? (PERCHE? 1892)

    PIRANDELLO’S YOUTHFUL PASSION: WRITING FOR THE THEATRE
    Jane House, pp. 71-76

    PIRANDELLO’S WHY? (PERCHE?)
    Translated by Jane House, pp. 77-85

    WHY?, PERFORMANCE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
    pp. 86-88

    THE FIN-DE-SIECLE ITALIAN STAGE
    Marvin Carlson, pp. 89-93

    LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S WHY? AT L’ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA
    Beate Hein Bennett, pp. 94-95

    THEATRE AND BOOK REVIEWS

    PIRANDELLO AT NYU’S CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMO
    Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, pp. 96-97

    L’UOMO DAL FIORE IN BOCCA
    Announcement, pp. 98

    ZEFFIRELLI’S ABSOLUTELY!(PERHAPS), A LONDON PRODUCTION OF COSI E (SE VI PARE)
    John Louis DiGaetani, pp. 199-100

    ABSOLUTELY! (PERHAPS) Program and Photographs, pp. 101

    Umberto Mariani. LA CREAZIONE DEL VERO: IL MAGGIOR TEATRO DI PIRANDELLO.
    Andrea Guiati, pp. 104-106

    Martha King, Mary Ann Frese Witt, trans. HER HUSBAND.
    Rose Fichera McAloon, pp. 107-108

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  • PIRANDELLO SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER HONORING EDWARD ALBEE (November 21, 2000)

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER HONORING JOHN MARTELLO (October 24, 2001)

    ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO AND STRINDBERG: THE PLAY AS THERAPY FOR PSYCHIC DISORDER
    Angela Belli, pp. 15-23

    THE ROLE OF PRIMITIVE RAGE IN LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Rose Fichera McAloon, pp. 24-30

    PIRANDELLO’S DENOMINATION OF MADNESS
    Giovanni R. Bussino, pp. 31-37

    AS HE DESIRED HER: A GIRARDIAN READING OF PIRANDELLO’S LOVE LETTERS TO MARTA ABBA
    Kathryn Wylie Marques, pp. 38-53

    REWRITING PIRANDELLO: ADOBO THEATRE CO.’S ADAPTATION OF EACH IN HIS OWN WAY
    Jordan Schildcrout, pp. 54-64

    SYNCOPATED ACTS: STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER IN PIRANDELLO, THE FUTURISTS AND I GROTTESCHI
    Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 65-79

    TRANSLATING PIRANDELLO INTO THE 21ST CENTURY: LITERARY, HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC CHALLENGES
    Martha King, pp. 80-89

    TESTIMONIALS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNCIL ON NATIONAL LITERATURES (Sponsor Organization of The Pirandello Society)

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    PIRANDELLO’S WOMAN WRITER AND THE BIRTH METAPHOR: PROBLEMS IN TRANSLATION
    Mary Ann Frese Witt, pp. 7-15

    "COMEDY” IN ONE ACT BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND EDUARDO DE FILIPPO
    Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, pp. 16-26

    PIRANDELLO AND HIS PORTUGUESE CONTEMPORARIES: PLAYWRIGHTS RAUL BRANDAO AND JOSE REGIO
    Kathryn Wylie Marques, pp. 27-38

    THE INFLUENCE OF PIRANDELLO IN LATIN AMERICA
    Janies J. Troiano, pp. 38-49

    PIRANDELLO SOCIETY 1999 AWARDS DINNER

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Nina daVinci Nochols and Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni. PIRANDELLO AND THE FILM.

    Benito Ortolani. PIRANDELLO’S LOVE LETTERS TO MARTA ABBA.
    Kathryn Wylie Marques, pp. 68-73

    THEATER NOTES AND REVIEWS

    THE FREAK OF NATURE; AS YOU SEE IT
    Nina daVinci Nichols, pp. 74-87

    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (The Arlington Players)
    pp. 88-89

    RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK YOU ARE) (TACT)
    p. 90

    NAKED (Classic Stage Company)
    p. 91

    CONFERENCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

    (Reprints) FROM 11 CASTELLO DI ELSINORE
    Roberto Algone, Benito Ortolani, pp. 94-102

    (Reprint) LA BALIA, CULTURA & SOCIETA
    p. 103

    ENRICO IV: PIRANDELLO’S CUBIST QUADRO
    Rosanna Vitale, pp. 104-111

    PSA INDEX: VOLUMES. 1-XTV

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    STORY TO PLAY: TOWARD A THEORY OF SELF-ADAPTATION
    Robert S. Dombroski, pp. 7-19

    NARRATIVE IN PIRANDELLO’S PLAYS
    Anne Paolucci, pp. 19-31

    “THE PLAYERS” HOSTS PSA’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
    pp. 31-47

    ASPECTS OF ITALIAN FUTURISM IN PIRANDELLO’S TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE
    Davis S. Escoffery, pp. 47-60

    REENVISIONING PIRANDELLO FOR THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE: CRITICAL AND DIRECTIONAL INTERVENTIONS
    Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 60-77

    THEATRE NOTES AND REVIEWS

    HENRY IV Belmont Italian American Playhouse
    pp. 88

    SIX CHARACTERS FIND A DIRECTOR (The Juilliard School)
    Nina daVinci Nichols, pp. 91-95

    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (The Jean Cocteau Repertory)
    Kathryn Wylie Marques, pp. 95

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    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 STREHLERDir., 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

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    PIRANDELLO, NIETZSCHE AND THE GOOD MASK
    Daniela Bini, pp. 5-17

    PIRANDELLO IN GERMANY (1924-1930) AND TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE
    Jane House, pp. 17-32

    GERMANY: THE BIOGRAPHICAL CONNECTION
    John DiGaetani, pp. 32-39

    ON AND OFF THE RIALTO (“La Cronista”)
    pp. 39-48

    CARTEGGI: SULLE LETTERE DI PIRANDELLO A MARTA ABBA. VA IN SCENA LA POLEMICA
    Tommaso Zerlina, pp. 48-50

    READINGS/PRODUCTIONS/CONFERENCES

    Indiana University Theatre, Bloomington: “SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR.” Trans. Mark Musa
    James Fisher, p. 50

    New York Theatre Workshop: “PIRANDELLO’S MAN, BEAST AND VIRTUE.”
    Michael Kowal, p. 53

    “PIRANDELLO AT BOSTON COLLEGE”
    Nina DaVinci Nichols, p. 58

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  • ESSAYS

    PIRANDELLO IN A BIND
    Anne Paolucci, pp. 5-9

    PIRANDELLO, SAROYAN, AND THE ABSURD
    Nishan Parlakian, pp. 9-22

    “CHU CHIN CHOW”: MUSIC AND LYRICS USED IN SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Eric Bentley, pp. 22-27

    THOUGHTS ON TEACHING PIRANDELLO
    Zoe C. Kaplan, pp. 27-31

    REVIEW ARTICLE: NEW BOOKS ON PIRANDELLO

    Benito Ortolani, trans. and ed, PIRANDELLO’S LOVE LETTERS TO MARTA ABBA

    Maggie Gunsberg, PIRANDELLO’S LOVE LETTERS TO MARTA ABBA

    John DeGaetani, ed., A COMPANION TO PIRANDELLO STUDIES
    Anna Paolucci, pp. 31-44

    RECENT PRODUCTION/REVIEWS

    Jean Cocteau Repertory: ENRICO IV

    Tribeca Lab: AS YOU DESIRE ME, SICILIAN LIMES, THE MAN WITH THE FLOWER IN HIS MOUTH

    Graduate Center/CUNY and Italian Cultural Institute: THE PLEASURE OF HONESTY (NOTES)
    pp. 44-62

    OFFBEAT PIRANDELLO OFF OFF BROADWAY
    Nina da Vinci Nichols, pp. 62-69

    Graduate Center/CUNY and Italian Cultural Institute: THE PLEASURE OF HONESTY
    pp. 69-72

    THE TRIUMPH OF “HONESTY”
    Michael Kowel, pp. 72-75

    PIRANDELLO 1993: “SCADUTI I DIRITTI, EDITORI IN LIZZA
    Reprinted from La Stampa, pp. 75-79

    PIRANDELLO NEGLI STATI UNITI: SI PUO E SI DEVE FARE DI PIU
    Reprinted from America Oggi, p. 79

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    THE “PIRANDELLIAN” ALBEE
    Matthew Roudane, pp. 12-19

    THEATRE OF THE GROTESQUE: MEYERHOLD, PIRANDELLO, AND ALBEE
    Susan Haedicke, pp. 19-34

    THE PIRANDELLIAN AUTHOR IN SEARCH OF HIS AUDIENCE: ALBEE’S THE MAN WHO HAD THREE ARMS
    Anne Paolucci, pp. 34-48

    PIRANDELLO, ALBEE, AND AYCKBOURN: AN ABSURDIST TRADITION
    John Louis DiGaetani, pp. 48-55

    PIRANDELLO: LEADER OF THE ABSURD (Reprinted from Program Book for the Arena Stage Production of Pirandello’s
    It’s the Truth [If You Think It Is])
    Anna Paolucci, p. 55

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    DIDASCALIC DISCOURSE, REPRESENTATION, AND PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Matthew Roudane, pp. 7-18

    LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
    Leslie Kane, pp. 18-29

    RHETORICAL ASPECTS OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
    Martin J. Jacobi, pp. 29-40

    THE TRADITION OF THE THEATRICAL PRESENTATION OF THE INSANE AND PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS
    John Louis DiGaetani, pp. 40-45

    A DIRECTOR’S READING OF PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS
    Nishan Parlakian, pp. 45-51

    Theater Review: HENRY IV IN LONDON’S WEST END (1990)
    John Louis DiGaetani, p. 51

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    SIX CLOWNS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR: PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS AND COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE
    John Louis DiGaetani, pp. 7-12

    PIRANDELLO’S SICILIAN COMEDIES AND THE COMIC TRADITION
    Mary Ann Frese Witt, pp. 12-21

    A PORTRAIT OF PIRANDELLO BY ROWLEY SMART
    Eric Bentley, pp. 21-22

    COMMEDIA MOTIFS IN PIRANDELLO’S EACH IN HIS OWN WAY
    Mark Spergel, pp. 22-30

    IN MEMORIAM: DR. PHILIP A. FULVI
    pp. 30-32

    A BRIEF “HISTORY” OF THE PIRANDELLO SOCIETY’S ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
    Nishan Parlakian, p. 32

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    SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY JOSEPH MASELLI TO THE PIRANDELLO SOCIETY OF AMERICA MLA/PSA
    Meeting, December 1988, New Orleans, pp. 5-6

    MADNESS AS MASK: THEMES AND VARIATIONS IN ENRICO IV
    Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, pp. 6-16

    A DIRECTOR’S THOUGHT ON HENRY IV
    Nishan Parlakian, pp. 16-23

    BRIEF COMMENTS ON ENRICO IV
    Philip A. Fulvi, pp. 23-26

    ENRICO IV/THE EMPEROR: Notices and Review of The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Production (Ashland, 1988)
    Anne Paolucci, p. 26

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    PIRANDELLO’S “HUMORISTIC” TREATMENT OF MARRIAGE
    Kathryn Wylie, pp. 5-14

    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR: Notices of the Hollywood Television Theatre Production of Norman Lloyd (1976)
    Anne Paolucci, pp. 14-22

    SIX CHARACTERS AT PACE UNIVERSITY: The Jean Cocteau Repertory Production (1986)
    Jana O’Keefe-Bazzoni, pp. 22-28

    PIRANDELLO: A TRANSLATOR’S PERSONAL VIEW
    Giovanni R. Bussino, pp. 28-36

    TRANSLATING PIRANDELLO INTO ENGLISH
    Giuseppe Faustini, p. 36

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    THE JAPANESE RECEPTION OF PIRANDELLO
    John K. Gillespie, pp. 3-7

    PIRANDELLO AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FRENCH THEATER
    Philip A. Fulvi, pp. 7-12

    AUTHORS AS TRANSCRIBERS — PIRANDELLO AND UNAMUNO: THE CHALLENGING CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AUTHORS AND THEIR CHARACTERS
    Marie-Lise Gazarian Gautier, pp. 12-17

    “VICTOR/VICTORIA” AND PIRANDELLO’S ENRICO IV: THE FORGING OF MASKS
    Victor Carrabino, pp. 17-23

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Stefano Miloto, ed., PIRANDELLO E IL TEATRO DEL SUO TEMPO

    Enzo Lauretta, ed., PIRANDELLO E IL TEATRO

    Antonio Alessio, PIRANDELLO PITTORE
    Elio Providenti, pp. 23-28

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    PIRANDELLO AND THE FRENCH CONNECTION

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE MLA/PSA ANNUAL MEETING, CHICAGO 1985

    PIRANDELLO AND GIRAUDOUX
    Philip A. Fulvi, p. 3

    THE DOUBLE IN PIRANDELLO AND GIDE: “IL FU MATTIA PASCAL” AND “LES CAVES DU VATICAN”
    Moses M. Nagy, p. 11

    FORUM FOR MEMBERS

    RECENT LETTERS
    p. 19

    MLA/PSA FORTHCOMING MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO, 1987
    p. 21

    PUBLICATIONS
    p. 21

    SUBMISSIONS
    p. 21

    IN FOCUS “A PIRANDELLO TRIBUTE TO REINHARDT
    Antonio Illiano, p. 22

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Sarah Z. Muscara, PIRANDELLO IN GUANTI GIALLI
    Anthony Costantini, pp. 24-26

    Antonio Illiano, METAPSICHICA E LETTERATURA IN PIRANDELLO
    Giovanna Wedel Anderson, pp. 24-26

    Franco Zangrilli, L’ARTE NOVELLISTICA DI PIRANDELLO
    Giovanni Faustini, pp. 29-30

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    THE PIRANDELLO SOCIETY OF AMERICA 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (A.P.)

    ESSAYS

    THE STRUCTURE OF PIRANDELLO’S SHORT STORIES
    Franco Zangrilli, pp. 15-22

    FICTION OR THEATER: THE CHARACTER’S DRAMA IS THE THING
    Umberto Mariani, pp. 22-28

    BOOK REVIEW

    Eric Bentley, THE PIRANDELLO COMMENTARIES
    Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni, pp. 28-31

    FORUM FOR MEMBERS

    REPORT ON THE A.A.I.S./PIRANDELLO PROGRAM IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, APRIL 1985
    Giuseppe Faustini, p. 31