Six Characters in Search of an Author Author:Luigi Pirandello 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 and hi... more »s 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? First performed in Rome, 1921, where the audience yelled "Madhouse, madhouse!" at the end. By 1925, however it was praised, thanks in good part to G.B. Shaw's comment that it was the most original play he had ever seen....