Famous expressionistic parable explores relativity of truth, vanity and necessity of illusion, instability of human personality, other themes. New English translation.

The dramatic innovations in this play are legendary. Direct address, improvisations and in and out of character speeches are but a few of the techniques Pirandello originated.

Six people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play.

THE STORY: Set in sixteenth-century Florence, the play blends songs and robust action in detailing the hilarious lengths to which the smitten Callimaco goes in winning the favors of Lucrezia, the beautiful young wife of the rich and aged ...

THE STORY: The liar of the title is one Lelio, a young Venetian of good family who returns home after a long absence and is immediately embroiled in a series of hilarious escapades.