![]() ![]() ![]() There are as many versions of the story as there are characters in the play. No one character is more correct than the other. ![]() Their readings of reality do not match up. Pirandello, in the preface to the play, says that whenever a reader opens Dante’s Inferno, Francesca will drift down from the dark wind in her circle of Hell and tell the Pilgrim her story and it will always be for the first time – just as the Mother in Pirandello’s play at one point makes an agonizing cry, always for the first time.Įach character sees events and the other characters differently. Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. Translated by Edward Storer (1880 - 1944) Download cover art Download CD case insert Six Characters in Search of an Author ![]()
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