Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Books
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The Manager [interpreting the rising anger of the COMPANY]. But I would beg you to believe, my dear sir, that the profession of the comedian is a noble one. If today, as things go, the playwrights give us stupid comedies to play and puppets to represent instead of men, remember we are proud to have given life to immortal works here on these very boards! [The ACTORS, satisfied, applaud their MANAGER.] The Father [interrupting furiously]. Exactly, perfectly, to living beings more alive than those who breathe and wear clothes beings less real perhaps, but truer! I agree with you entirely. [The ACTORS look at one another in amazement.] The Manager. But what do you mean? Before, you said... The Father. No, excuse me, I meant it for you, sir, who were crying out that you had no time to lose with madmen, while no one better than yourself knows that nature uses the instrument of human fantasy in order to pursue her high creative purpose. The Manager. Very well, -- but where does all this take us? The Father. Nowhere! It is merely to show you that one is born to life in many forms, in many shapes, as tree, or as stone, as water, as butterfly, or as woman. So one may also be born a character in a play. The Manager [with feigned comic dismay]. So you and these other friends of yours have been born characters? The Father. Exactly, and alive as you see! [MANAGER and ACTORS burst out laughing.]
Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Books
I've owned a dozen copies over the years, and needed a new one. This is so brilliant, I don't have words to describe it. I worked in L.A. theatre and know the script well -- I also taught scriptwriting at a local L.A. campus and always used this as an example of brilliant writing.Product details
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Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Books Reviews
Pirandello asks us to consider the idea that we are looking for an author to write, or rewrite our lives. But we each want to be our own author, characters and actors with complete control of our story. In this classic the various characters get out of hand - they cannot be controlled!
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Existentialism at its best in this play. Six lost characters looking to play out the drama of their lives find a manager willing to hear them out, but he can't possibly grasp the reality of their situation. Well written and enjoyable as it is painful to read.
Honestly, I found it just too depressing and the language too old fashioned and verbose to be very enjoyable, though it was undoubtedly well written.
I enjoyed reading this play. I'd love to see it performed on stage.
The real beginning of the absurdist movement. It is actually a philosophical argument between Plato and Aristotle put into the framework of a play. Nominalism vs. Realism in the aftermath of the First World War..
A classic by an extremely imaginative author. It is translated from Italian which is evident at places in somewhat stilted language. But quite readable excepting of course the complex and often ambiguous relationships among the characters.
I've owned a dozen copies over the years, and needed a new one. This is so brilliant, I don't have words to describe it. I worked in L.A. theatre and know the script well -- I also taught scriptwriting at a local L.A. campus and always used this as an example of brilliant writing.
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