Six characters in search of an author
By: Luigi Pirandello ; in a new adaptation by Robert Brustein and The American Repertory Theatre Company.
Contributors: Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936.; American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.)
Series: Plays for performance
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Characters and characteristics in literature -- Drama.; Playwriting.
Description: Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality, follows a group of characters who try to fashion their life stories into acceptable drama. The play's intricate structure permits an elaborate system of ideas to coexist with a striking theatricality. Robert Brustein's new and highly acclaimed rendering is accessible, contemporary, and speakable while retaining the flavor of the Italian original.