Six Characters in Search of an Author

by

Luigi Pirandello

Six Characters in Search of an Author Symbols

The Curtain

In most normal plays, the curtain is an unremarkable piece of equipment, useful only to mark the opening and closing of dramatic action to which it is irrelevant. The curtain between the audience and the…

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The Revolver

Recalling the Characters’ bizarre entrance, Act Two of Six Characters in Search of an Author begins with a handful of inexplicable and seemingly absurd events. The Step-Daughter comes to the stage with her two siblings…

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