Six characters in search of an author / Luigi Pirandello ; translated by John Linstrum ; with commentary and notes by Joseph Farrell.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936.

Contributor:

• Linstrum, John.
• Farrell, Joseph.

Series:

• Methuen student editions
• Methuen student edition

Standardized Title:

• Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore. English

Language:

• English
• Italian

Subjects (All):

• Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936--Translations into English.
• Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936.
• Characters and characteristics in literature--Drama.
• Authorship--Drama.
• Authorship.
• Characters and characteristics in literature.

Genre:

• Drama.

Physical Description:

lxxxv, 90 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen Drama, 2004.

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

Luigi Pirandello is widely regarded as one of the foremost innovators in twentieth-century theatre. Six Characters in Search of an Author caused a riot when it was first produced in Rome in 1921 and was banned by the Lord Chamberlain from public performance in Britain until 1928. It remains today an extraordinary and fascinating play. A rehearsal is in progress when the actors are suddenly interrupted by six mysterious people, who demand to be put in a play. They are the characters of a story yet to be written. The director and actors find themselves drawn into revealing a tale of adultery, prostitution, suicide and near-incest, while universal questions of reality and illusion, Life versus Art, are given an intriguing twist.

Contents:

• Luigi Pirandello 1867-1936 v
• Plot xiv
• The evolution from realism xxiii
• The poetics of Pirandellism xxxiii
• Humour, cruelty and compassion xlvii
• Characters and characterisation lvii
• Writing and performance history lxix
• Six Characters in Search of an Author 1.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [lxxxi]-lxxxiii).

ISBN:

0413772683

OCLC:

53871073

Publisher Number:

60000274312