Six Characters in Search of an Author

Synopsis

Six characters appear on a stage that is being used for the rehearsal of a Pirandello play. They ask the Stage Manager for help. Created and then discarded by an author, they seek another author to cast them in a play and let them play out their roles. A group of actors steps forward to portray the lives that the six characters have just described, but when they do so the characters object to their re-enactment, claiming that it distorts the truth. When one of the characters commits suicide, the rest of the characters mourn his death while the actors insist nervously that it is only make believe. Which is it? And how will the situation be resolved?

Latest User Review

Miranda - 14 August 2008:

Loved it- thought brought the play very up to date in a way that Pirendello himself would've been proud of. Yes the endings were confused but that almost was part of it. Parts of it were very intense and moving, like the bit where the film maker left the theatre carrying the dead child. Only thing you could argue about is you can't interchange theatrical characters (the family) with documentary which you could do with the original when they interrupted a play in progress. Overall really enjoyable night out at the theatre....

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