Sei Personaggi in Cer

Six
Characters in
Search of an
Author
By Luigi Pirandello

Cristobal, Ayla Monicca C.

Tio, Valerie Mae O.
3POL1

Luigi Pirandello
1867-1936
Born in Girgenti, Sicily
Studied Philology
Famous novellas
Novelle per un anno
which has 15 volumes
Famous play Maschere
nude or Naked Masks

 Married a young woman whom he had

never met
In 1920s, he was supported by Mussolini
at this time that created a great deal of
controversy
Pirandello supported fascism
I am a Fascist because I am an Italian.

 Regarded as a precursor of absurdism

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in
1934, two years before his death
Became an important innovator of
modern drama with his invention of
theatre within the theatre in the play
Six Characters Searching for an Author

SIX CHARACTERS IN
SEARCH OF AN
AUTHOR

Characters
Six Characters:
The Father fattish and pale man; mellifluous and violent in
his manner
The Mother filled with grief; wax-like face
The Stepdaughter seductive and cruel; dashing, almost
impudent, beautiful
The Son hostile; refused to participate; protests that he is
an unrealized character
The Boy timid and wretched; does not speak; suffers the
stepdaughters contempt
The Child loved by the stepdaughter; does not speak

 Other characters:
The Manager slow-witted and of fiery temper; agrees to play the role of the
characters author
Madame Pace stepdaughters exploitive madame; old woman; an
apparitionmagic of the stage described by the Father; speaks broken
English
Leading Lady
Leading Man
Second Leading Lady
Juvenile Lead
Prompter
Doorkeeper
Other Actors and Actresses

Summary
The six characters interrupts the rehearsal of
another Pirandellan play telling that they are in search for
an author and demanding that their story be put to a play.
The manager agrees to become their author and lets the
six characters tell and act their drama until the last scene
where the child drowned in the fountain and the boy
shooting himself with a revolver. The manager and the
other actors, watching the entire scene, are unable to tell if
it is still acting or if it is the reality, thus, the manager ending
the whole thing and calls for the end of the rehearsal.

Thematic Instant
The difference between reality
and illusion
Permanence and the concept of
self
The existence of being, without
the reason for being

Analysis
Everybody wears different masks and has
a character to play
The author is instrumental
We are changing and always becoming
Life is full of absurdities
One must not confuse reality from illusion
(art and life)

THAN
K