Henry IV

Henry IV is Tom Stoppard's English version of Luigi Pirandello's Enrico IV, an inspired and very contemporary mix of comedy and tragedy.

For twenty years he lives this illusion but today a plot is being hatched to shock him out of this 'madness' and into the twenty-first century.

Pirandello's Henry IV, in Tom Stoppard's new version, premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in May 2004.

An Italian nobleman falls from his horse during a pageant. When he comes round, he believes he's the medieval German emperor, King Henry IV. For twenty years he lives this illusion but today a plot is being hatched to shock him out of this 'madness' and into the twenty-first century.

Pirandello's Henry IV, in Tom Stoppard's new version, premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in May 2004.