Henry IV (Pirandello)

Henry IV (Pirandello)

Enrico IV (Henry IV) is a 1921 Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, premiered the following year. A study on madness with comic and tragic sides, it has been translated into English by Tom Stoppard and others. Its titular character is a man who believes himself to be Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Rex Harrison starred in a noted British production which went to Broadway in 1973, but the Stoppard translation was not used in the production.