Henry

Madness versus Reason. An Irish playwright updates an Italian master! PICT has commissioned Thomas Kilroy to freely adapt Luigi Pirandello’s Enrico IV and drag his mad king kicking and screaming into the 21st century. In “a form of privileged conversation with the author,” Kilroy has retained the central essence and theatricality of the original while infusing it with a thoroughly contemporary sensibility. Tony® and Oscar® nominated actor Stephen Rea is Henry, a man of enormous wealth and privilege who believes he is the 11th century German King Henry IV. A fortress is built and actors are hired to carry out his fantasy.
But is he mad, or are we?