This is the first of three volumes collecting the complete plays of Luigi Pirandello, one of the foremost playwrights and fiction writers of the twentieth century. This volume contains some of Pirandello's most famous plays, including 'Six Characters in Search of an Author', 'Henry IV' and 'The Life That I Gave Thee', as well as several of his lesser-known works for the stage, some of which are translated into English for the first time.