Cover of Henry IV, A Tragedy in Three Acts

Henry IV, A Tragedy in Three Acts

by Luigi Pirandello

Chapter 1 of 3 Act I

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Running time
2 h 3 min
Language
English
Readers
Adele de Pignerolles, Alex Lane, Amanda Friday, Andrew Coleman, Delmar H Dolbier and 9 others
Translated by
Edward Storer

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A talented actor and historian falls off his horse in a historical pageant while playing the role of Henry IV. When he comes to, he believes himself to be Henry. For the next twenty years his nephew, Count de Nolli, funds an elaborate hoax in a remote villa, where actors play the roles of Henry's privy councillors and simulate the 11th century court.

On request from his dying mother, de Nolli brings a Doctor referred to as the latest in a succession to try to cure Henry (whose real name, if it is not Henry, is never mentioned). All the action of the play occurs in this one day of the visit. - Summary by Wikipedia

Narrator: KHand

Henry IV: Peter Tucker

The Marchioness Matilda Spina: P. J. Morgan

Frida: Amanda Friday

The young Marquis Charles Di Nolli: Vin Reilly

Baron Tito Belcredi: Delmar H Dolbier

Dr. Dionysius Genoni: ToddHW

Harold (Frank): Will Irace

Landolph (Lolo): Levi Throckmorton

Ordulph (Momo): Adele de Pignerolles

Berthold (Fino): Mary J

John: Mark Chulsky

First Valet: Alex Lane

Second valet: Andrew Coleman

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