Pirandello’s play is a masterpiece of love and jealousy, psychosis and self-awareness, brought to new life with flair and humor by Tom Stoppard. An Italian nobleman falls from his horse during a historical re-enactment, awakening to believe he actually is his character, the medieval German emperor, King Henry IV. For two decades, everyone indulges his “madness.” He lives in a fantasy world, an illusion engineered by his family, complete with an 11th-century castle and a retinue of costumed courtiers. But his family now believes they can cure him and have come back to shock him into the 21st century, only to receive a shock of their own.
Kevin Kline Award Nominations: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Andrew Long, Pirandello’s Henry IV.
