Six Characters in Search of an Author (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Luigi Pirandello
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, 1920’s, Drama or dramatists, Italy or Italians
Places Discussed
Theater stage. The primary setting of the stage play is itself a theater stage. On this naked, darkened protruding platform in a theater, actors are rehearsing another Pirandello play, Mixing It Up, until they are interrupted by six people claiming to be dramatic characters hoping to be realized by an author. These six people (Father, Mother, Step-daughter, Son, Boy, and Child) are mystically enshrouded in light, suggesting further the theme of tension between art or illusion and life or reality. These six real personages dressed in black and wishing to...
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