Henry IV

Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. (Also written Henri IV.) English version of the original Italian Enrico IV (1922). An expressionist work providing a stark and moving study of madness and the solitude of self-imprisonment. ** Presented at the Little Theatre Cape Town in 1935 as a significant milestone in that theatre’s development. The cast included the impressive newcomer Wensley Pithey. **

Henry IV (Part I) by William Shakespeare. *** Translated in as Hendrik IV by * (Afrikaans, *), Kgosi Henri IV (Northern Sotho - 1973) by N.C. Phatudi ; Kgosi Henry wa Bone (Setswana - 1952) by M.O.M. Seboni, .

Henry IV (Part II) by William Shakespeare. ***

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