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Exactly one hundred years after the first performance of Pirandello′s "Six Characters in Search of an Author", we look back at the extraordinary life and work of the Italian author. Other topics roamed through this week include Niall Ferguson′s history of "Doom"; the literature of middle age; Napoleon as a gardener and Napoleon as a kidnapper of Popes; two translations of Catullus and two translations of the Aeneid; the female stars of Cairo′s 1920s theatre; and much more.