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Six Characters Looking For An Author
Six Characters Looking For An Author | Luigi Pirandello
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A new version of one of the most influential plays of the 20th centurySix 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 and his company of actors listen as the characters begin to describe and argue over the key events of their lives...One of the most extraordinary and mysterious plays of the 20th century, Six Characters 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?Six Characters Looking for an Author premiered at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in February 2000.
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FedeLumachi
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Pirandello super sempre

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Ast_Arslan
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 62th

Join the fun if you want!

#tbrpile

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Sweettartlaura
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😮😮😮
What did I just read???
This play is my pick for 1921 for #192019challenge and though the adaptation I got is modern, the spirit comes through.
A company of actors is practicing a play, when 6 people come in. They say they are characters left unfinished by their author, and they‘re looking to set their story down.
The actors oblige them.
What ensues is a whirlwind of mindf$&!ery that shows the shadow side of creation.
I‘d love to see this.

RohitSawant Oo, sold! Reading your review, first thing that popped into my mind was King's The Dark Half 😄 5y
Sweettartlaura @rohit-sawant it‘s definitely a precursor. Shorter - different because it‘s written for the stage - but definitely reminiscent. Read all the intro/stage directions - they help bring this to life, as well. And let me know what you think 🙂 5y
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SW-T
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Very quirky little play. Six characters show up during a play‘s rehearsal wanting their story to be written. Their tangled family drama intrigues, confuses, and outrages the actors and director as they commandeer the stage. #plays #stage #theater

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hes7
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I had to read this for a class in college. I have no recollection of what happens, but I'm pretty sure it was weird. #NovemberByTheNumbers

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AvidReader25
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Little free libraries always make my day.

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JessAF
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I was in this play a few years back and played The Stepsister. Such an absurd and soul-crushing piece.

KatieanneF Piece 🙃🔫 8y
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Anescapewithinthepages
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The quirk and depth of this play leaves you wanting more. I for sure hope to someday be able to see this production on the stage.

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ladyclassics
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Definitely an absurdist play that brings the reader into the same state of confusion as every character in this "play within a play." It was so far out of my typical reading tastes, but it was the right pick for my own intro to Italian modernism. Would definitely recommend to those who love reading satirical plays--it is one of those that makes you just crave seeing it in live action! I guarantee it won't be like anything you've read before.

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ladyclassics
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Tonight's read: Modernist Italian playwright (among other things) Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921). Supposedly an intriguing peak into the fragmentation of the human identity, as readers are presented with six "characters" who are looking for the scripts of their lives to be written for them...what will they discover about their distinct individualities? Well, that's what I hope to find out!

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Panche
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Yes, but haven't you perceived that it isn't possible to live in front of a mirror which not only freezes us with the image of ourselves, but throws our likeness back at us with a horrible grimace?

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garba_ele

"Tutto ciò che vive, per il fatto che vive, ha forma, e perciò stesso deve morire: tranne l'opera d'arte, che appunto vive per sempre, in quanto è forma"
Art is immortal. #Pirandello #Art