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Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello
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Description for Six Characters in Search of an Author
paperback. Robert Brustein's highly acclaimed adaptation of Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality which follows a group of characters who try to fashion their life stories into acceptable drama. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; AS; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 127.
Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality, follows a group of characters who try to fashion their fife stories into acceptable drama. Mr. Brustein's new rendering is accessible, contemporary, and highly speakable while retaining the flavor of the Italian original.
Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality, follows a group of characters who try to fashion their fife stories into acceptable drama. Mr. Brustein's new rendering is accessible, contemporary, and highly speakable while retaining the flavor of the Italian original.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
Series
Plays for Performance Series
Number of Pages
86
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780929587585
SKU
V9780929587585
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Ref
99-1
About Luigi Pirandello
The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the Second City. They both live in Chicago, Illinois.
Reviews for Six Characters in Search of an Author
Ingenious...a striking re-imagining of Six Characters that heightens the play's theatricality even as it grounds it in the mundane.... It keeps faith with Pirandello's case for the peculiarly irresistible power of illusion.
The New York Times
The New York Times