The servants Harold, Ordulph, Berthold, and Landolph constantly humor the title character's whims.
The servants Harold, Ordulph, Berthold, and Landolph constantly humor the title character's whims. In Act 2, a plan is hatched by Dionysius Genoni at the behest of the title character's nephew (*) Charles di Nolli in which two women will appear to execute life-sized portraits of themselves and prove the passage of time to the title character. The appearance of his former lover Matilda and his daughter Frida provides a moment of clarity for the title character, who admits that he had been feigning insanity for some time, yet he must consciously embrace his madness after he murders his rival, Baron Tito Belcredi. FTP, name this work about an Italian man who falls off a horse and believes himself to be royalty, a play by Luigi Pirandello.
The servants Harold, Ordulph, Berthold, and Landolph constantly humor the title character's whims.
{Enrico IV} (or {Henry IV})