Liolà (NHB Modern Plays) (NHB Classic Plays) - Softcover

Luigi Pirandello; Tanya Ronder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848423438 ISBN 13: 9781848423435

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2013

Synopsis

Sicily, summer 1916. Gossiping and singing, the women gather to harvest old Simone's almond crop. He's the richest landowner in the district but he has no heir. Local lad Liolà, untroubled by convention, has fathered three little boys, each with a different mother, and that only intensifies Simone's anguish. When another of the girls falls pregnant, Simone is persuaded he might recognize the baby as his own. But he's forgotten the charms of his slighted young wife Mita, who is not so easily crushed.

This high-spirited drama by Pirandello takes us to the heart of a rural community where property and family provoke fierce passions. Tanya Ronder's new version, performed by an Irish cast and gypsy musicians, premieres at the National Theatre in August 2013, in a production directed by Richard Eyre. Liolà is an unexpected delight from the master of Italian drama; full of charm, passionate, funny and touching.

About this title

About the Author:

Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet and short story writer. Awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage" he is most famous for Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Tanya Ronder is an actress and playwright. Her previous plays include an adaptation of DBC Pierre's Booker Prize winning novel Vernon God Little (produced twice, in 2009 and again in 2010, by the Young Vic Theatre), an adaptation of Lope de Vega's Peribanez (also for the Young Vic) and an adaptation of Lorca's Blood Wedding for the Almeida Theatre production starring Gael Garcia Bernal. Her original play, Table, premiered at the NT's Shed theatre in 2013.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1848423438
• ISBN 13: 9781848423435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96