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Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello
Series: Student Editions
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Six characters arrive during rehearsals, revealing themselves as figures from an unwritten play. Trapped within their unfinished story, they seek a writer to complete their tale and set them free. The director, intrigued, allows them to enact pivotal moments from their lives, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
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Six Characters in Search of an Author is ideal for readers interested in modernist drama, theatrical innovation, and philosophical explorations of identity and existence.

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Six people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But they
are not ordinary people, they are characters from an unwritten play.
Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they long to escape, the
director invites them to act out the key events of their lives.

This edition includes a full commentary, plot summary, chronology of his life and work, bibliography and questions for studyPirandello ranks with Brecht and Beckett as one of the foremostdramatic innovators of this century. Six Characters is studied atSchool and University levelAbsolutely Perhaps was revived by Franco Zefirelli as a West End hit in 2003The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Six people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But they are not ordinary people. They are the characters of a play that has not yet been written. Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they long to escape, they desperately need a writer to complete their story and release them. Intrigued by their situation, the director invites them to act out the key events of their lives.

Pirandello's best-known play and one of the most extraordinary and mysterious plays of the 20th century, Six Characters in Search of an Author speaks directly to an age of uncertainty: where do we come from, where are we going, how do we become what we want to be?

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413772688

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 March 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Edition: New edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Joseph Farrell
  • Translated by John Linstrum

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 192

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Education & Reference Luigi Pirandello Non-Fiction Series: Student Editions

About the Author

Pirandello, born in Sicily in 1867, was a well-known novelist andcritic before he achieved international recognition as a playwright.His plays include The Rules of the Game, Six Characters, Henry IV and The Man with the Flower in his Mouth. He was awarded a Nobel Prize forLiterature in 1934 and died in Rome in 1936.

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