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 invites them to act out the key events of their lives ...Pirandello's best-known play and 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?

This edition includes a full commentary, plot summary, chronology of his life and work, bibliography and questions for study Pirandello ranks with Brecht and Beckett as one of the foremost dramatic innovators of this century. Six Characters is studied at School and University level Absolutely Perhaps was revived by Franco Zefirelli as a West End hit in 2003 The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934

About the Author
Pirandello, born in Sicily in 1867, was a well-known novelist and critic before he achieved international recognition as a playwright. His plays include The Rules of the Game, Six Characters, Henry IV and The Man with the Flower in his Mouth. He was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934 and died in Rome in 1936.


Book Information
ISBN 9780413772688
Author Joseph Farrell
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm