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portada Six Characters in Search of an Author: An Italian play by Luigi Pirandello
Type
Physical Book
Language
English
Pages
110
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.0 x 14.8 x 0.7 cm
Weight
0.15 kg.
ISBN13
9782382745540

Six Characters in Search of an Author: An Italian play by Luigi Pirandello

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Six Characters in Search of an Author: An Italian play by Luigi Pirandello - Luigi Pirandello

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Synopsis "Six Characters in Search of an Author: An Italian play by Luigi Pirandello"

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is an Italian three-act play written by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, considered as one of the earliest examples of absurdist theatre. It's a play within a play that deals with perceptions of reality and illusion, and plays with the ideas of identity and relative truths. The plot features an acting company who have gathered to rehearse another play by Pirandello, when they're interrupted by 6 "characters" who arrive in search of their author. They immediately clash with the manager who at first assumes they're mad. But, as the play progresses, the manager slowly shifts his reality as the characters become more real than the actors. Six Characters in Search of an Author opened in Rome at Valle di Roma and created a huge and clamorous division in the audience, forcing Pirandello to escape out the side door. But a year later it was presented in Milan to great success, before moving on to Broadway in 1922 where it ran for 136 performances.
Luigi Pirandello
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Luigi Pirandello nació en el seno de una familia acomodada. Cursó sus estudios superiores en Palermo, Roma y Bonn. Volvió luego a Italia para ejercer de profesor de Literatura en la Escuela Normal Femenina de Roma, puesto que dejaría cuando su creciente reputación le permitió dedicarse en exclusiva a su carrera como escritor. Pirandello comenzó escribiendo poesía y relatos cortos, pero es fundamentalmente conocido por su faceta como dramaturgo.
En sus obras volcó todas sus ideas filosóficas y se permitió explorar la psicología humana por medio de personajes populares en un novedoso lenguaje teatral que dejaba atrás las convenciones tradicionales. Ya como autor reconocido, fue nombrado director del Teatro d’Arte de Roma en 1925 y miembro de la Real Academia de Italia en 1929.
En 1934 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura por su «audaz e ingeniosa renovación del arte dramático y escénico». Aunque la figura de Pirandello quedó ligeramente empañada por sus lazos con el fascismo de Mussolini, su brillante trayectoria lo sitúa como el más importante dramaturgo de la Europa de entreguerras y uno de los grandes innovadores del teatro del siglo xx, cuya visión vanguardista sigue estando vigente hoy en día.
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