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Henry IV (Stoppard, trans.)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 9m

Tom Stoppard, Luigi Pirandello

Translated by Tom Stoppard

An Italian nobleman falls from his horse during a pageant. When he comes round, he believes he's the medieval German Emperor, King Henry IV. For twenty years he lives this illusion but today a plot is being hatched to shock him out of this 'madness' and into the twenty-first century. …

Henry IV (Stoppard, trans.)

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An Italian nobleman falls from his horse during a pageant. When he comes round, he believes he's the medieval German Emperor, King Henry IV. For twenty years he lives this illusion but today a plot is being hatched to shock him out of this 'madness' and into the twenty-first century.
History
Pirandello's HENRY IV, in Tom Stoppard's new version, premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London.

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, The Hard Problem, opened at the National Theatre in 2015. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist in Bristol. His plays include Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, ...

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Luigi Pirandello

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