![]() Six Characters in Search of an Author opened in Rome at Valle di Roma and created a huge and clamorous division in the audience, forcing Pirandello to escape out the side door. But, as the play progresses, the manager slowly shifts his reality as the characters become more real than the actors. They immediately clash with the manager who at first assumes theyâre mad. ![]() The plot features an acting company who have gathered to rehearse another play by Pirandello, when theyâre interrupted by 6 âcharactersâ who arrive in search of their author. Itâs a play within a play that deals with perceptions of reality and illusion, and plays with the ideas of identity and relative truths. Six Characters in Search of an Author ( Sei personaggi in cerca dâautore) is an Italian three-act play written by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, considered as one of the earliest examples of absurdist theatre.  53 in the Le Mondeâs 100 Books of the Century ![]() Part of the Encyclopædia Britannicaâs Great Books of the Western World Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi PirandelloĢ0,365 words (1 hour 15 minutes) with a reading ease of 77.84 (fairly easy) Translated by Edward Storer - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. Six Characters in Search of an Author, by Luigi Pirandello. ![]()
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