Call Number:

TC098

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 15 boxes
• 3.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Luigi Pirandello Correspondence with Marta Abba, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1923-1936 (inclusive)

Creator:

Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936.

Form:

Correspondence.

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence between Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello and the Italian actress Marta Abba, who spent much of her life interpreting his plays. Pirandello's forty-three plays, as well as other literary works, are discussed in the correspondence, which reveals the special "maestro-disciple" relationship shared by the couple.

Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) was an Italian playwright.

The collection consists of correspondence between Pirandello and the Italian actress Marta Abba, who spent much of her life interpreting his plays. Pirandello's forty-three plays, as well as other literary works, are discussed in the correspondence, which reveals the special "maestro-disciple" relationship shared by the couple. She died in 1988.

His original letters are listed below (Boxes 1-6). Abba retained the originals of her letters to him, but supplied the photocopies noted in Boxes 7 and 8.